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diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6833f05 --- /dev/null +++ b/.gitattributes @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +* text=auto +*.txt text +*.md text diff --git a/8828.txt b/8828.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..509456a --- /dev/null +++ b/8828.txt @@ -0,0 +1,3982 @@ +The Project Gutenberg EBook of Weymouth New Testament in Modern Speech, +Matthew, by R. F. Weymouth + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most +other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions +whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of +the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at +www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you'll have +to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. + +Title: Weymouth New Testament in Modern Speech, Matthew + Third Edition 1913 + +Author: R. F. Weymouth + +Posting Date: March 14, 2015 [EBook #8828] +Release Date: September, 2005 +First Posted: August 25, 2003 + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK WEYMOUTH NEW TESTAMENT--MATTHEW *** + + + + +Produced by Martin Ward + + + + + + + + +Weymouth New Testament in Modern Speech, Matthew + +Third Edition 1913 + + +R. F. Weymouth + + + + +Book 40 Matthew + +001:001 The Genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. + +001:002 Abraham was the father of Isaac; Isaac of Jacob; Jacob of Judah + and his brothers. + +001:003 Judah was the father (by Tamar) of Perez and Zerah; Perez + of Hezron; Hezron of Ram; + +001:004 Ram of Amminadab; Amminadab of Nahshon; Nahshon of Salmon; + +001:005 Salmon (by Rahab) of Boaz; Boaz (by Ruth) of Obed; Obed of Jesse; + +001:006 Jesse of David--the King. David (by Uriah's widow) + was the father of Solomon; + +001:007 Solomon of Rehoboam; Rehoboam of Abijah; Abijah of Asa; + +001:008 Asa of Jehoshaphat; Jehoshaphat of Jehoram; Jehoram of Uzziah; + +001:009 Uzziah of Jotham; Jotham of Ahaz; Ahaz of Hezekiah; + +001:010 Hezekiah of Manasseh; Manasseh of Amon; Amon of Josiah; + +001:011 Josiah of Jeconiah and his brothers at the period of the + Removal to Babylon. + +001:012 After the Removal to Babylon Jeconiah had a son Shealtiel; Shealtiel + was the father of Zerubbabel; + +001:013 Zerubbabel of Abiud; Abiud of Eliakim; Eliakim of Azor; + +001:014 Azor of Zadok; Zadok of Achim; Achim of Eliud; + +001:015 Eliud of Eleazar; Eleazar of Matthan; Matthan of Jacob; + +001:016 and Jacob of Joseph the husband of Mary, who was the mother + of JESUS who is called CHRIST. + +001:017 There are therefore, in all, fourteen generations from Abraham + to David; fourteen from David to the Removal to Babylon; + and fourteen from the Removal to Babylon to the Christ. + +001:018 The circumstances of the birth of Jesus Christ were these. + After his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they + were united in marriage, she was found to be with child + through the Holy Spirit. + +001:019 But Joseph her husband, being a kind-hearted man and unwilling + publicly to disgrace her, had determined to release her + privately from the betrothal. + +001:020 But while he was contemplating this step, an angel of the Lord + appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph, son of David, + do not be afraid to bring home your wife Mary, for she is + with child through the Holy Spirit. + +001:021 She will give birth to a Son, and you are to call His name + JESUS for He it is who will save His People from their sins." + +001:022 All this took place in fulfilment of what the Lord had spoken + through the Prophet, + +001:023 "Mark! The maiden will be with child and will give birth to a son, + and they will call His name Immanuel"--a word which signifies + `God with us'. + +001:024 When Joseph awoke, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded, + and brought home his wife, + +001:025 but did not live with her until she had given birth to a son. + The child's name he called JESUS. + +002:001 Now after the birth of Jesus, which took place at Bethlehem + in Judaea in the reign of King Herod, excitement was produced + in Jerusalem by the arrival of certain Magi from the east, + +002:002 inquiring, "Where is the newly born king of the Jews? For we + have seen his Star in the east, and have come here to + do him homage." + +002:003 Reports of this soon reached the king, and greatly agitated + not only him but all the people of Jerusalem. + +002:004 So he assembled all the High Priests and Scribes of the people, + and anxiously asked them where the Christ was to be born. + +002:005 "At Bethlehem in Judaea," they replied; "for so it stands + written in the words of the Prophet, + +002:006 "`And thou, Bethlehem in the land of Judah, by no means the least + honorable art thou among princely places in Judah! For from + thee shall come a prince--one who shall be the Shepherd + of My People Israel.'" + +002:007 Thereupon Herod sent privately for the Magi and ascertained + from them the exact time of the star's appearing. + +002:008 He then directed them to go to Bethlehem, adding, "Go and make + careful inquiry about the child, and when you have found him, + bring me word, that I too may come and do him homage." + +002:009 After hearing what the king said, they went to Bethlehem, while, + strange to say, the star they had seen in the east led them + on until it came and stood over the place where the babe was. + +002:010 When they saw the star, the sight filled them with intense joy. + +002:011 So they entered the house; and when they saw the babe with His + mother Mary, they prostrated themselves and did Him homage, + and opening their treasure-chests offered gifts to Him-- + gold, frankincense, and myrrh. + +002:012 But being forbidden by God in a dream to return to Herod, + they went back to their own country by a different route. + +002:013 When they were gone, and angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph + in a dream and said, "Rise: take the babe and His mother + and escape to Egypt, and remain there till I bring you word. + For Herod is about to make search for the child in order + to destroy Him." + +002:014 So Joseph roused himself and took the babe and His mother + by night and departed into Egypt. + +002:015 There he remained till Herod's death, that what the Lord had + said through the Prophet might be fulfilled, "Out of Egypt I + called My Son." + +002:016 Then Herod, finding that the Magi had trifled with him, was furious, + and sent and massacred all the boys under two years of age, + in Bethlehem and all its neighbourhood, according to the date + he had so carefully ascertained from the Magi. + +002:017 Then were these words, spoken by the Prophet Jeremiah, fulfilled, + +002:018 "A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing and bitter lamentation: + It was Rachel bewailing her children, and she refused to be + comforted because there were no more." + +002:019 But after Herod's death an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream + to Joseph in Egypt, and said to him, + +002:020 "Rise from sleep, and take the child and His mother, and go + into the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the child's + life are dead." + +002:021 So he roused himself and took the child and His mother and came + into the land of Israel. + +002:022 But hearing that Archelaus had succeeded his father Herod + on the throne of Judaea, he was afraid to go there; and being + instructed by God in a dream he withdrew into Galilee, + +002:023 and went and settled in a town called Nazareth, in order that + these words spoken through the Prophets might be fulfilled, + "He shall be called a Nazarene." + +003:001 About this time John the Baptist made his appearance, + preaching in the Desert of Judaea. + +003:002 "Repent," he said, "for the Kingdom of the Heavens is now + close at hand." + +003:003 He it is who was spoken of through the Prophet Isaiah when he said, + "The voice of one crying aloud, `In the desert prepare ye + a road for the Lord: make His highway straight.'" + +003:004 This man John wore a garment of camel's hair, and a loincloth + of leather; and he lived upon locusts and wild honey. + +003:005 Then large numbers of people went out to him--people from Jerusalem + and from all Judaea, and from the whole of the Jordan valley-- + +003:006 and were baptized by him in the Jordan, making full confession + of their sins. + +003:007 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming + for baptism, he exclaimed, "O vipers' brood, who has warned + you to flee from the coming wrath? + +003:008 Therefore let your lives prove your change of heart; + +003:009 and do not imagine that you can say to yourselves, `We have + Abraham as our forefather,' for I tell you that God can raise + up descendants for Abraham from these stones. + +003:010 And already the axe is lying at the root of the trees, + so that every tree which does not produce good fruit will + quickly be hewn down and thrown into the fire. + +003:011 I indeed am baptizing you in water on a profession of repentance; + but He who is coming after me is mightier than I: His sandals + I am not worthy to carry for a moment; He will baptize you + in the Holy Spirit and in fire. + +003:012 His winnowing-shovel is in His hand, and He will make a thorough + clearance of His threshing-floor, gathering His wheat into + the storehouse, but burning up the chaff in unquenchable fire." + +003:013 Just at that time Jesus, coming from Galilee to the Jordan, + presents Himself to John to be baptized by him. + +003:014 John protested. "It is I," he said, "who have need to be + baptized by you, and do you come to me?" + +003:015 "Let it be so on this occasion," Jesus replied; "for so we + ought to fulfil every religious duty." Then he consented; + +003:016 and Jesus was baptized, and immediately went up from the water. + At that moment the heavens opened, and he saw the Spirit + of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him, + +003:017 while a voice came from Heaven, saying, "This is My Son, + the dearly loved, in whom is My delight." + +004:001 At that time Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the Desert + in order to be tempted by the Devil. + +004:002 There He fasted for forty days and nights; and after that He + suffered from hunger. + +004:003 So the Tempter came and said, "If you are the Son of God, + command these stones to turn into loaves." + +004:004 "It is written," replied Jesus, "`It is not on bread alone + that a man shall live, but on whatsoever God shall appoint.'" + +004:005 Then the Devil took Him to the Holy City and caused Him to stand + on the roof of the Temple, + +004:006 and said, "If you are God's Son, throw yourself down; for it + is written, "`To His angels He will give orders concerning thee, + and on their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any moment + thou shouldst strike thy foot against a stone.'" + +004:007 "Again it is written," replied Jesus, "`Thou shalt not put + the Lord thy God to the proof.'" + +004:008 Then the Devil took Him to the top of an exceedingly lofty mountain, + from which he caused Him to see all the Kingdoms of the world + and their splendour, + +004:009 and said to Him, "All this I will give you, if you will kneel + down and do me homage." + +004:010 "Begone, Satan!" Jesus replied; "for it is written, + `To the Lord thy God thou shalt do homage, and to Him alone + shalt thou render worship.'" + +004:011 Thereupon the Devil left Him, and angels at once came and + ministered to Him. + +004:012 Now when Jesus heard that John was thrown into prison, + He withdrew into Galilee, + +004:013 and leaving Nazareth He went and settled at Capernaum, + a town by the Lake on the frontiers of Zebulun and Naphtali, + +004:014 in order that these words, spoken through the Prophet Isaiah, + might be fulfilled, + +004:015 "Zebulun's land and Naphtali's land; the road by the Lake; + the country beyond the Jordan; Galilee of the Nations! + +004:016 The people who were dwelling in darkness have seen a brilliant light; + and on those who were dwelling in the region of the shadow + of death, on them light has dawned." + +004:017 From that time Jesus began to preach. "Repent," He said, + "for the Kingdom of the Heavens is now close at hand." + +004:018 And walking along the shore of the Lake of Galilee He saw + two brothers--Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew-- + throwing a drag-net into the Lake; for they were fishers. + +004:019 And He said to them, "Come and follow me, and I will make you + fishers of men." + +004:020 So they immediately left their nets and followed Him. + As He went further on, + +004:021 He saw two other brothers, James the son of Zabdi and his + brother John, in the boat with their father Zabdi mending + their nets; and He called them. + +004:022 And they at once left the boat and their father, and followed Him. + +004:023 Then Jesus travelled through all Galilee, teaching in their + synagogues and proclaiming the Good News of the Kingdom, + and curing every kind of disease and infirmity among the people. + +004:024 Thus His fame spread through all Syria; and they brought all + the sick to Him, the people who were suffering from various + diseases and pains--demoniacs, epileptics, paralytics; + and He cured them. + +004:025 And great crowds followed Him, coming from Galilee, + from the Ten Towns, from Jerusalem, and from beyond the district + on the other side of the Jordan. + +005:001 Seeing the multitude of people, Jesus went up the Hill. + There He seated Himself, and when His disciples came to Him, + +005:002 He proceeded to teach them, and said: + +005:003 "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for to them belongs the Kingdom + of the Heavens. + +005:004 "Blessed are the mourners, for they shall be comforted. + +005:005 "Blessed are the meek, for they as heirs shall obtain possession + of the earth. + +005:006 "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, + for they shall be completely satisfied. + +005:007 "Blessed are the compassionate, for they shall receive compassion. + +005:008 "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. + +005:009 "Blessed are the peacemakers, for it is they who will be + recognized as sons of God. + +005:010 "Blessed are those who have borne persecution in the cause + of Righteousness, for to them belongs the Kingdom of the Heavens. + +005:011 "Blessed are you when they have insulted and persecuted you, + and have said every cruel thing about you falsely for my sake. + +005:012 Be joyful and triumphant, because your reward is great in the Heavens; + for so were the Prophets before you persecuted. + +005:013 "*You* are the salt of the earth; but if salt has + become tasteless, in what way can it regain its saltness? + It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown away + and trodden on by the passers by. + +005:014 *You* are the light of the world; a town cannot be hid if built + on a hill-top. + +005:015 Nor is a lamp lighted to be put under a bushel, but on the lampstand; + and then it gives light to all in the house. + +005:016 Just so let your light shine before all men, in order that they + may see your holy lives and may give glory to your Father + who is in Heaven. + +005:017 "Do not for a moment suppose that I have come to abrogate + the Law or the Prophets: I have not come to abrogate them + but to give them their completion. + +005:018 Solemnly I tell you that until Heaven and earth pass away, + not one iota or smallest detail will pass away from the Law + until all has taken place. + +005:019 Whoever therefore breaks one of these least commandments and teaches + others to break them, will be called the least in the Kingdom + of the Heavens; but whoever practises them and teaches them, + he will be acknowledged as great in the Kingdom of the Heavens. + +005:020 For I assure you that unless your righteousness greatly surpasses + that of the Scribes and the Pharisees, you will certainly + not find entrance into the Kingdom of the Heavens. + +005:021 "You have heard that it was said to the ancients, `Thou shalt + not commit murder', and whoever commits murder will be answerable + to the magistrate. + +005:022 But I say to you that every one who becomes angry with his + brother shall be answerable to the magistrate; that whoever says + to his brother `Raca,' shall be answerable to the Sanhedrin; + and that whoever says, `You fool!' shall be liable to the + Gehenna of Fire. + +005:023 If therefore when you are offering your gift upon the altar, + you remember that your brother has a grievance against you, + +005:024 leave your gift there before the altar, and go and make + friends with your brother first, and then return and proceed + to offer your gift. + +005:025 Come to terms without delay with your opponent while you + are yet with him on the way to the court; for fear + he should obtain judgement from the magistrate against you, + and the magistrate should give you in custody to the officer + and you be thrown into prison. + +005:026 I solemnly tell you that you will certainly not be released + till you have paid the very last farthing. + +005:027 "You have heard that it was said, `Thou shalt not commit adultery.' + +005:028 But I tell you that whoever looks at a woman and cherishes + lustful thoughts has already in his heart become guilty + with regard to her. + +005:029 If therefore your eye, even the right eye, is a snare to you, + tear it out and away with it; it is better for you that one + member should be destroyed rather than that your whole body + should be thrown into Gehenna. + +005:030 And if your right hand is a snare to you, cut it off and away with it; + it is better for you that one member should be destroyed + rather than that your whole body should go into Gehenna. + +005:031 "It was also said, `If any man puts away his wife, let him + give her a written notice of divorce.' + +005:032 But I tell you that every man who puts away his wife except + on the ground of unfaithfulness causes her to commit adultery, + and whoever marries her when so divorced commits adultery. + +005:033 "Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients, + `Thou shalt not swear falsely, but shalt perform thy vows + to the Lord.' + +005:034 But I tell you not to swear at all; neither by Heaven, + for it is God's throne; + +005:035 nor by the earth, for it is the footstool under His feet; + nor by Jerusalem, for it is the City of the Great King. + +005:036 And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make one hair + white or black. + +005:037 But let your language be, `Yes, yes,' or `No, no.' + Anything in excess of this comes from the Evil one. + +005:038 "You have heard that it was said, `Eye for eye, tooth for tooth.' + +005:039 But I tell you not to resist a wicked man, but if any one strikes + you on the right cheek, turn the other to him as well. + +005:040 If any one wishes to go to law with you and to deprive you + of your under garment, let him take your outer one also. + +005:041 And whoever shall compel you to convey his goods one mile, + go with him two. + +005:042 To him who asks, give: from him who would borrow, turn not away. + +005:043 "You have heard that it was said, `Thou shalt love thy neighbour + and hate thine enemy.' + +005:044 But I command you all, love your enemies, and pray + for your persecutors; + +005:045 that so you may become true sons of your Father in Heaven; + for He causes His sun to rise on the wicked as well as the good, + and sends rain upon those who do right and those who do wrong. + +005:046 For if you love only those who love you, what reward have you earned? + Do not even the tax-gatherers do that? + +005:047 And if you salute only your near relatives, what praise is due + to you? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? + +005:048 You however are to be complete in goodness, as your + Heavenly Father is complete. + +006:001 "But beware of doing your good actions in the sight of men, + in order to attract their gaze; if you do, there is no reward + for you with your Father who is in Heaven. + +006:002 `When you give in charity, never blow a trumpet before you + as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and streets in order + that their praises may be sung by men. I solemnly tell you + that they already have their reward. + +006:003 But when you are giving in charity, let not your left hand + perceive what your right hand is doing, + +006:004 that your charities may be in secret; and then your Father--He who + sees in secret--will recompense you. + +006:005 "And when praying, you must not be like the hypocrites. + They are fond of standing and praying in the synagogues or at + the corners of the wider streets, in order that men may see them. + I solemnly tell you that they already have their reward. + +006:006 But you, whenever you pray, go into your own room and shut + the door: then pray to your Father who is in secret, + and your Father--He who sees in secret--will recompense you. + +006:007 "And when praying, do not use needless repetitions as the + Gentiles do, for they expect to be listened to because of their + multitude of words. + +006:008 Do not, however, imitate them; for your Father knows what things + you need before ever you ask Him. + +006:009 "In this manner therefore pray: `Our Father who art in Heaven, + may Thy name be kept holy; + +006:010 let Thy kingdom come; let Thy will be done, as in Heaven + so on earth; + +006:011 give us to-day our bread for the day; + +006:012 and forgive us our shortcomings, as we also have forgiven + those who have failed in their duty towards us; + +006:013 and bring us not into temptation, but rescue us from the Evil one.' + +006:014 "For if you forgive others their offences, your Heavenly Father + will forgive you also; + +006:015 but if you do not forgive others their offences, neither will + your Father forgive yours. + +006:016 "When any of you fast, never assume gloomy looks as the + hypocrites do; for they disfigure their faces in order + that it may be evident to men that they are fasting. + I solemnly tell you that they already have their reward. + +006:017 But, whenever you fast, pour perfume on your hair and + wash your face, + +006:018 that it may not be apparent to men that you are fasting, + but to your Father who is in secret; and your Father--He who + sees in secret--will recompense you. + +006:019 "Do not lay up stores of wealth for yourselves on earth, + where the moth and wear-and-tear destroy, and where thieves + break in and steal. + +006:020 But amass wealth for yourselves in Heaven, where neither the moth + nor wear-and-tear destroys, and where thieves do not break + in and steal. + +006:021 For where your wealth is, there also will your heart be. + +006:022 "The eye is the lamp of the body. If then your eyesight is good, + your whole body will be well lighted; + +006:023 but if your eyesight is bad, your whole body will be dark. + If however the very light within you is darkness, how dense + must the darkness be! + +006:024 "No man can be the bondservant of two masters; for either + he will dislike one and like the other, or he will attach + himself to one and think slightingly of the other. + You cannot be the bondservants both of God and of gold. + +006:025 For this reason I charge you not to be over-anxious about your lives, + inquiring what you are to eat or what you are to drink, nor yet + about your bodies, inquiring what clothes you are to put on. + Is not the life more precious than its food, and the body + than its clothing? + +006:026 Look at the birds which fly in the air: they do not sow or reap + or store up in barns, but your Heavenly Father feeds them: + are not you of much greater value than they? + +006:027 Which of you by being over-anxious can add a single foot + to his height? + +006:028 And why be anxious about clothing? Learn a lesson from the + wild lilies. Watch their growth. They neither toil nor spin, + +006:029 and yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his magnificence + could array himself like one of these. + +006:030 And if God so clothes the wild herbage which to-day flourishes + and to-morrow is thrown into the oven, is it not much more + certain that He will clothe you, you men of little faith? + +006:031 Do not be over-anxious, therefore, asking `What shall we eat?' + or `What shall we drink?' or `What shall we wear?' + +006:032 For all these are questions that Gentiles are always asking; + but your Heavenly Father knows that you need these things-- + all of them. + +006:033 But make His Kingdom and righteousness your chief aim, + and then these things shall all be given you in addition. + +006:034 Do not be over-anxious, therefore, about to-morrow, + for to-morrow will bring its own cares. Enough for each day + are its own troubles. + +007:001 "Judge not, that you may not be judged; + +007:002 for your own judgement will be dealt--and your own + measure meted--to yourselves. + +007:003 And why do you look at the splinter in your brother's eye, + and not notice the beam which is in your own eye? + +007:004 Or how say to your brother, `Allow me to take the splinter + out of your eye,' while the beam is in your own eye? + +007:005 Hypocrite, first take the beam out of your own eye, + and then you will see clearly how to remove the splinter + from your brother's eye. + +007:006 "Give not that which is holy to the dogs, nor throw your pearls + to the swine; otherwise they will trample them under their + feet and then turn and attack you. + +007:007 "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; + knock, and the door will be opened to you. + +007:008 For it is always he who asks that receives, he who seeks that finds, + and he who knocks that has the door opened to him. + +007:009 What man is there among you, who if his son shall ask him + for bread will offer him a stone? + +007:010 Or if the son shall ask him for a fish will offer him a snake? + +007:011 If you then, imperfect as you are, know how to give good gifts + to your children, how much more will your Father in Heaven + give good things to those who ask Him! + +007:012 Everything, therefore, be it what it may, that you would + have men do to you, do you also the same to them; for in this + the Law and the Prophets are summed up. + +007:013 "Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad the road + which leads to ruin, and many there are who enter by it; + +007:014 because narrow is the gate and contracted the road which leads + to Life, and few are those who find it. + +007:015 "Beware of the false teachers--men who come to you in sheep's fleeces, + but beneath that disguise they are ravenous wolves. + +007:016 By their fruits you will easily recognize them. + Are grapes gathered from thorns or figs from brambles? + +007:017 Just so every good tree produces good fruit, but a poisonous + tree produces bad fruit. + +007:018 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor a poisonous tree good fruit. + +007:019 Every tree which does not yield good fruit is cut down and thrown + aside for burning. + +007:020 So by their fruits at any rate, you will easily recognize them. + +007:021 "Not every one who says to me, `Master, Master,' will enter + the Kingdom of the Heavens, but only those who are obedient + to my Father who is in Heaven. + +007:022 Many will say to me on that day, "`Master, Master, have we + not prophesied in Thy name, and in Thy name expelled demons, + and in Thy name performed many mighty works?' + +007:023 "And then I will tell them plainly, "`I never knew you: + begone from me, you doers of wickedness.' + +007:024 "Every one who hears these my teachings and acts upon them will + be found to resemble a wise man who builds his house upon rock; + +007:025 and the heavy rain falls, the swollen torrents come, and the winds + blow and beat against the house; yet it does not fall, + for its foundation is on rock. + +007:026 And every one who hears these my teachings and does not act + upon them will be found to resemble a fool who builds his + house upon sand. + +007:027 The heavy rain descends, the swollen torrents come, + and the winds blow and burst upon the house, and it falls; + and disastrous is the fall." + +007:028 When Jesus had concluded this discourse, the crowds were filled + with amazement at His teaching, + +007:029 for He had been teaching them as one who had authority, + and not as their Scribes taught. + +008:001 Upon descending from the hill country He was followed + by immense crowds. + +008:002 And a leper came to Him, and throwing himself at His feet, + said, "Sir, if only you are willing you are able to cleanse me." + +008:003 So Jesus put out His hand and touched him, and said, "I am willing: + be cleansed." Instantly he was cleansed from his leprosy; + +008:004 and Jesus said to him, "Be careful to tell no one, but go + and show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift which Moses + appointed as evidence for them." + +008:005 After His entry into Capernaum a Captain came to Him, + and entreated Him. + +008:006 "Sir," he said, "my servant at home is lying ill with paralysis, + and is suffering great pain." + +008:007 "I will come and cure him," said Jesus. + +008:008 "Sir," replied the Captain, "I am not a fit person to receive + you under my roof: merely say the word, and my servant + will be cured. + +008:009 For I myself am also under authority, and have soldiers under me. + To one I say `Go,' and he goes, to another `Come,' and he comes, + and to my slave `Do this or that,' and he does it." + +008:010 Jesus listened to this reply, and was astonished, and said + to the people following Him, "I solemnly tell you that in no + Israelite have I found faith as great as this. + +008:011 And I tell you that many will come from the east and from + the west and will recline at table with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob + in the Kingdom of the Heavens, + +008:012 while the natural heirs of the Kingdom will be driven out + into the darkness outside: there will be the weeping aloud + and the gnashing of teeth." + +008:013 And Jesus said to the Captain, "Go, and just as you have believed, + so be it for you." And the servant recovered precisely + at that time. + +008:014 After this Jesus went to the house of Peter, whose mother-in-law + he found ill in bed with fever. + +008:015 He touched her hand and the fever left her: and then she rose + and waited upon Him. + +008:016 In the evening many demoniacs were brought to Him, and with + a word He expelled the demons; and He cured all the sick, + +008:017 in order that this prediction of the Prophet Isaiah might + be fulfilled, "He took on Him our weaknesses, and bore + the burden of our diseases." + +008:018 Seeing great crowds about Him Jesus had given directions + to cross to the other side of the Lake, + +008:019 when a Scribe came and said to Him, "Teacher, I will follow + you wherever you go." + +008:020 "Foxes have holes," replied Jesus, "and birds have nests; + but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head." + +008:021 Another of the disciples said to Him, "Sir, allow me first to go + and bury my father." + +008:022 "Follow me," said Jesus, "and leave the dead to bury + their own dead." + +008:023 Then He went on board a fishing-boat, and His disciples followed Him. + +008:024 But suddenly there arose a great storm on the Lake, so that + the waves threatened to engulf the boat; but He was asleep. + +008:025 So they came and woke Him, crying, "Master, save us, + we are drowning!" + +008:026 "Why are you so easily frightened," He replied, "you men of + little faith?" Then He rose and reproved the winds and the waves, + and there was a perfect calm; + +008:027 and the men, filled with amazement, exclaimed, "What kind + of man is this? for the very winds and waves obey him!" + +008:028 On His arrival at the other side, in the country of the Gadarenes, + there met Him two men possessed by demons, coming from among + the tombs: they were so dangerously fierce that no one was + able to pass that way. + +008:029 They cried aloud, "What hast Thou to do with us, Thou Son + of God? Hast Thou come here to torment us before the time?" + +008:030 Now at some distance from them a vast herd of swine were feeding. + +008:031 So the demons entreated Him. "If Thou drivest us out," + they said, "send us into the herd of swine." + +008:032 "Go," He replied. Then they came out from the men and went + into the swine, whereupon the entire herd instantly rushed + down the cliff into the Lake and perished in the water. + +008:033 The swineherds fled, and went and told the whole story in the town, + including what had happened to the demoniacs. + +008:034 So at once the whole population came out to meet Jesus; + and when they saw Him, they besought Him to leave their country. + +009:001 Accordingly He went on board, and crossing over came to + His own town. + +009:002 Here they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. + Seeing their faith Jesus said to the paralytic, "Take courage, + my child; your sins are pardoned." + +009:003 "Such language is impious," said some of the Scribes + among themselves. + +009:004 Knowing their thoughts Jesus said, "Why are you cherishing + evil thoughts in your hearts? + +009:005 Why, which is easier?--to say, `Your sins are pardoned,' + or to say `Rise up and walk'? + +009:006 But, to prove to you that the Son of Man has authority on earth + to pardon sins"--He then says to the paralytic, "Rise, and take + up your bed and go home." + +009:007 And he got up, and went off home. + +009:008 And the crowds were awe-struck when they saw it, and ascribed + the glory to God who had entrusted such power to a man. + +009:009 Passing on thence Jesus saw a man called Matthew sitting + at the Toll Office, and said to him, "Follow me." + And he arose, and followed Him. + +009:010 And while He was reclining at table, a large number of + tax-gathers and notorious sinners were of the party with Jesus + and His disciples. + +009:011 The Pharisees noticed this, and they inquired of His disciples, + "Why does your Teacher eat with the tax-gatherers + and notorious sinners?" + +009:012 He heard the question and replied, "It is not men in good health + who require a doctor, but the sick. + +009:013 But go and learn what this means, `It is mercy that I desire, + not sacrifice'; for I did not come to appeal to the righteous, + but to sinners." + +009:014 At that time John's disciples came and asked Jesus, "Why do we + and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not?" + +009:015 "Can the bridegroom's party mourn," He replied, "as long + as the bridegroom is with them? But other days will come + (when the Bridegroom has been taken from them) and then + they will fast. + +009:016 No one ever mends an old cloak with a patch of newly woven cloth. + Otherwise, the patch put on would tear away some of the old, + and a worse hole would be made. + +009:017 Nor do people pour new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the skins + would split, the wine would escape, and the skins be destroyed. + But they put new wine into fresh skins, and both are saved." + +009:018 While He was thus speaking, a Ruler came up and profoundly + bowing said, "My daughter is just dead; but come and put + your hand upon her and she will return to life." + +009:019 And Jesus rose and followed him, as did also His disciples. + +009:020 But a woman who for twelve years had been afflicted with haemorrhage + came behind Him and touched the tassel of His cloak; + +009:021 for she said to herself, "If I but touch His cloak, + I shall be cured." + +009:022 And Jesus turned and saw her, and said, "Take courage, daughter; + your faith has cured you." And the woman was restored + to health from that moment. + +009:023 Entering the Ruler's house, Jesus saw the flute-players + and the crowd loudly wailing, + +009:024 and He said, "Go out of the room; the little girl is not dead, + but asleep." And they laughed at Him. + +009:025 When however the place was cleared of the crowd, Jesus went in, + and on His taking the little girl by the hand, she rose up. + +009:026 And the report of this spread throughout all that district. + +009:027 As Jesus passed on, two blind men followed Him, shouting and saying, + "Pity us, Son of David." + +009:028 And when He had gone indoors, they came to Him. + "Do you believe that I can do this?" He asked them. + "Yes, Sir," they replied. + +009:029 So He touched their eyes and said, "According to your faith + let it be to you." + +009:030 Then their eyes were opened. And assuming a stern tone Jesus + said to them, "Be careful to let no one know." + +009:031 But they went out and published His fame in all that district. + +009:032 And as they were leaving His presence a dumb demoniac was + brought to Him. + +009:033 When the demon was expelled, the dumb man could speak. + And the crowds exclaimed in astonishment, "Never was such + a thing seen in Israel." + +009:034 But the Pharisees maintained, "It is by the power of the Prince + of the demons that he drives out the demons." + +009:035 And Jesus continued His circuits through all the towns and + the villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming + the Good News of the Kingdom, and curing every kind of + disease and infirmity. + +009:036 And when He saw the crowds He was touched with pity for them, + because they were distressed and were fainting on the ground + like sheep which have no shepherd. + +009:037 Then He said to His disciples, "The harvest is abundant, + but the reapers are few; + +009:038 therefore entreat the Owner of the Harvest to send out reapers + into His fields." + +010:001 Then He called to Him His twelve disciples and gave them + authority over foul spirits, to drive them out; and to cure + every kind of disease and infirmity. + +010:002 Now the names of the twelve Apostles were these: first, Simon + called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James the son of Zabdi, + and his brother John; + +010:003 Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax-gatherer, + James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; + +010:004 Simon the Cananaean, and Judas the Iscariot, who also betrayed Him. + +010:005 These twelve Jesus sent on a mission, after giving them + their instructions: "Go not," He said, "among the Gentiles, + and enter no Samaritan town; + +010:006 but, instead of that, go to the lost sheep of Israel's race. + +010:007 And as you go, preach and say, `The Kingdom of the Heavens + is close at hand.' + +010:008 Cure the sick, raise the dead to life, cleanse lepers, + drive out demons: you have received without payment, + give without payment. + +010:009 "Provide no gold, nor even silver nor copper to carry + in your pockets; + +010:010 no bag for your journey, nor change of linen, nor shoes, + nor stick; for the labourer deserves his food. + +010:011 "Whatever town or village you enter, inquire for some good man; + and make his house your home till you leave the place. + +010:012 When you enter the house, salute it; + +010:013 and if the house deserves it, the peace you invoke shall come + upon it. If not, your peace shall return to you. + +010:014 And whoever refuses to receive you or even to listen to your Message, + as you leave that house or town, shake off the very dust + from your feet. + +010:015 I solemnly tell you that it will be more endurable for the land + of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of Judgement than for that town. + +010:016 "Remember it is I who am sending you out, as sheep into + the midst of wolves; prove yourselves as sagacious as serpents, + and as innocent as doves. + +010:017 But beware of men; for they will deliver you up to appear + before Sanhedrins, and will flog you in their synagogues; + +010:018 and you will even be put on trial before governors and kings + for my sake, to bear witness to them and to the Gentiles. + +010:019 But when they have delivered you up, have no anxiety as to how + you shall speak or what you shall say; for at that very time + it shall be given you what to say; + +010:020 for it is not you who will speak: it will be the Spirit + of your Father speaking through you. + +010:021 Brother will betray brother to death, and father, child; + and children will rise against their own parents and will put + them to death. + +010:022 And you will be objects of universal hatred because you + are called by my name; but he who holds out to the End-- + he will be saved. + +010:023 Whenever they persecute you in one town, escape to the next; + for I solemnly tell you that you will not have gone the round + of all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes. + +010:024 "The learner is never superior to his teacher, and the servant + is never superior to his master. + +010:025 Enough for the learner to be on a level with his teacher, + and for the servant to be on a level with his master. + If they have called the master of the house Baal-zebul, + how much more will they slander his servants? + +010:026 Fear them not, however; there is nothing veiled which will + not be uncovered, nor secret which will not become known. + +010:027 What I tell you in the dark, speak in the light; and what is + whispered into your ear, proclaim upon the roofs of the houses. + +010:028 "And do not fear those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul; + but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and + body in Gehenna. + +010:029 Do not two sparrows sell for a halfpenny? Yet not one of them + will fall to the ground without your Father's leave. + +010:030 But as for you, the very hairs on your heads are all numbered. + +010:031 Away then with fear; you are more precious than a + multitude of sparrows. + +010:032 "Every man who acknowledges me before men I also will acknowledge + before my Father who is in Heaven. + +010:033 But whoever disowns me before men I also will disown before + my Father who is in Heaven. + +010:034 "Do not suppose that I came to bring peace to the earth: + I did not come to bring peace but a sword. + +010:035 For I came to set a man against his father, a daughter against + her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; + +010:036 and a man's own family will be his foes. + +010:037 Any one who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy + of me, and any one who loves son or daughter more than me + is not worthy of me; + +010:038 and any one who does not take up his cross and follow where I + lead is not worthy of me. + +010:039 To save your life is to lose it, and to lose your life for my + sake is to save it. + +010:040 "Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me + receives Him who sent me. + +010:041 Every one who receives a prophet, because he is a prophet, + will receive a prophet's reward, and every one who receives + a righteous man, because he is a righteous man, will receive + a righteous man's reward. + +010:042 And whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold + water to drink because he is a disciple, I solemnly tell you + that he will not lose his reward." + +011:001 When Jesus had concluded His instructions to His twelve disciples, + He left in order to teach and to proclaim His Message + in the neighbouring towns. + +011:002 Now John had heard in prison about the Christ's doings, + and he sent some of his disciples to inquire: + +011:003 "Are you the Coming One, or is it a different person that we + are to expect?" + +011:004 "Go and report to John what you see and hear," replied Jesus; + +011:005 "blind eyes receive sight, and cripples walk; lepers are cleansed, + and deaf ears hear; the dead are raised to life, and the poor + have the Good News proclaimed to them; + +011:006 and blessed is every one who does not stumble and fall because + of my claims." + +011:007 When the messengers had taken their leave, Jesus proceeded + to say to the multitude concerning John, "What did you go + out into the Desert to gaze at? A reed waving in the wind? + +011:008 But what did you go out to see? A man luxuriously dressed? + Those who wear luxurious clothes are to be found in kings' palaces. + +011:009 But why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, + and far more than a prophet. + +011:010 This is he of whom it is written, "`See I am sending My messenger + before Thy face, and he will make Thy road ready before Thee.' + +011:011 "I solemnly tell you that among all of woman born no + greater has ever been raised up than John the Baptist; + yet one who is of lower rank in the Kingdom of the Heavens + is greater than he. + +011:012 But from the time of John the Baptist till now, the Kingdom + of the Heavens has been suffering violent assault, + and the violent have been seizing it by force. + +011:013 For all the Prophets and the Law taught until John. + +011:014 And (if you are willing to receive it) he is the Elijah + who was to come. + +011:015 Listen, every one who has ears! + +011:016 "But to what shall I compare the present generation? + It is like children sitting in the open places, who call + to their playmates. + +011:017 "`We have played the flute to you,' they say, `and you + have not danced: we have sung dirges, and you have not + beaten your breasts.' + +011:018 "For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, + `He has a demon.' + +011:019 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they exclaim, + `See this man!--given to gluttony and tippling, + and a friend of tax-gatherers and notorious sinners!' + And yet Wisdom is vindicated by her actions." + +011:020 Then began He to upbraid the towns where most of His mighty + works had been done--because they had not repented. + +011:021 "Alas for thee, Chorazin!" He cried. "Alas for + thee, Bethsaida! For had the mighty works been done in Tyre + and Sidon which have been done in both of you, they would long + ere now have repented, covered with sackcloth and ashes. + +011:022 Only I tell you that it will be more endurable for Tyre + and Sidon on the day of Judgement than for you. + +011:023 And thou, Capernaum, shalt thou be exalted even to Heaven? Even to + Hades shalt thou descend. For had the mighty works been + done in Sodom which have been done in thee, it would have + remained until now. + +011:024 Only I tell you all, that it will be more endurable for the land + of Sodom on the day of Judgement than for thee." + +011:025 About that time Jesus exclaimed, "I heartily praise + Thee, Father, Lord of Heaven and of earth, that Thou hast + hidden these things from sages and men of discernment, + and hast unveiled them to babes. + +011:026 Yes, Father, for such has been Thy gracious will. + +011:027 "All things have been handed over to me by my Father, + and no one fully knows the Son except the Father, nor does + any one fully know the Father except the Son and all to whom + the Son chooses to reveal Him. + +011:028 "Come to me, all you toiling and burdened ones, and *I* will + give you rest. + +011:029 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me; for I am gentle + and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. + +011:030 For it is good to bear my yoke, and my burden is light." + +012:001 About that time Jesus passed on the Sabbath through the wheatfields; + and His disciples became hungry, and began to gather ears + of wheat and eat them. + +012:002 But the Pharisees saw it and said to Him, "Look! your disciples + are doing what the Law forbids them to do on the Sabbath." + +012:003 "Have you never read," He replied, "what David did when he and + his men were hungry? + +012:004 how he entered the House of God and ate the Presented Loaves, + which it was not lawful for him or his men to eat, nor for any + except the priests? + +012:005 And have you not read in the Law how on the Sabbath the priests + in the Temple break the Sabbath without incurring guilt? + +012:006 But I tell you that there is here that which is greater + than the Temple. + +012:007 And if you knew what this means, `It is mercy I desire, + not sacrifice', you would not have condemned those who + are without guilt. + +012:008 For the Son of Man is the Lord of the Sabbath." + +012:009 Departing thence He went to their synagogue, + +012:010 where there was a man with a shrivelled arm. + And they questioned Him, "Is it right to cure people on + the Sabbath?" Their intention was to bring a charge against Him. + +012:011 "Which of you is there," He replied, "who, if he has but + a single sheep and it falls into a hole on the Sabbath, + will not lay hold of it and lift it out? + +012:012 Is not a man, however, far superior to a sheep? + Therefore it is right to do good on the Sabbath." + +012:013 Then He said to the man, "Stretch out your arm." + And he stretched it out, and it was restored quite sound + like the other. + +012:014 But the Pharisees after leaving the synagogue consulted together + against Him, how they might destroy Him. + +012:015 Aware of this, Jesus departed elsewhere; and a great number + of people followed Him, all of whom He cured. + +012:016 But He gave them strict injunctions not to blaze abroad His doings, + +012:017 that those words of the Prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled, + +012:018 "This is My servant whom I have chosen, My dearly loved One + in whom My soul takes pleasure. I will put My spirit upon Him, + and He will announce justice to the nations. + +012:019 He will not wrangle or raise His voice, nor will His voice + be heard in the broadways. + +012:020 A crushed reed He will not utterly break, nor will He quench + the still smouldering wick, until He has led on Justice to victory. + +012:021 And on His name shall the nations rest their hopes." + +012:022 At that time a demoniac was brought to Him, blind and dumb; + and He cured him, so that the dumb man could speak and see. + +012:023 And the crowds of people were all filled with amazement and said, + "Can this be the Son of David?" + +012:024 The Pharisees heard it and said, "This man only expels demons + by the power of Baal-zebul, the Prince of demons." + +012:025 Knowing their thoughts He said to them, "Every kingdom in which + civil war has raged suffers desolation; and every city or house + in which there is internal strife will be brought low. + +012:026 And if Satan is expelling Satan, he has begun to make war on himself: + how therefore shall his kingdom last? + +012:027 And if it is by Baal-zebul's power that I expel the demons, + by whose power do your disciples expel them? They therefore + shall be your judges. + +012:028 But if it is by the power of the Spirit of God that I expel + the demons, it is evident that the Kingdom of God has + come upon you. + +012:029 Again, how can any one enter the house of a strong man and carry + off his goods, unless first of all he masters and secures + the strong man: then he will ransack his house. + +012:030 "The man who is not with me is against me, and he who is not + gathering with me is scattering abroad. + +012:031 This is why I tell you that men may find forgiveness for every + other sin and impious word, but that for impious speaking + against the Holy Spirit they shall find no forgiveness. + +012:032 And whoever shall speak against the Son of Man may obtain forgiveness; + but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, neither in this + nor in the coming age shall he obtain forgiveness." + +012:033 "Either grant the tree to be wholesome and its fruit wholesome, + or the tree poisonous and its fruit poisonous; for the tree + is known by its fruit. + +012:034 O vipers' brood, how can you speak what is good when you are evil? + For it is from the overflow of the heart that the mouth speaks. + +012:035 A good man from his good store produces good things, and a bad + man from his bad store produces bad things. + +012:036 But I tell you that for every careless word that men shall + speak they will be held accountable on the day of Judgement. + +012:037 For each of you by his words shall be justified, or by his words + shall be condemned." + +012:038 Then He was accosted by some of the Scribes and of the Pharisees + who said, "Teacher, we wish to see a sign given by you." + +012:039 "Wicked and faithless generation!" He replied, "they clamour + for a sign, but none shall be given to them except the sign + of the Prophet Jonah. + +012:040 For just as Jonah was three days in the sea-monster's belly, + so will the Son of Man be three days in the heart of the earth. + +012:041 There will stand up men of Nineveh at the Judgement + together with the present generation, and will condemn it; + because they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and mark! + there is One greater than Jonah here. + +012:042 The Queen of the south will awake at the Judgement together + with the present generation, and will condemn it; because she + came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, + and mark! there is One greater than Solomon here. + +012:043 "No sooner however has the foul spirit gone out of the man, + then he roams about in places where there is no water, + seeking rest but finding none. + +012:044 Then he says, `I will return to my house that I left;' + and he comes and finds it unoccupied, swept clean, + and in good order. + +012:045 Then he goes and brings back with him seven other spirits more + wicked than himself, and they come in and dwell there; and in + the end that man's condition becomes worse than it was at first. + So will it be also with the present wicked generation." + +012:046 While He was still addressing the people His mother and His + brothers were standing on the edge of the crowd desiring + to speak to Him. + +012:047 So some one told Him, "Your mother and your brothers are + standing outside, and desire to speak to you." + +012:048 "Who is my mother?" He said to the man; "and who are my brothers?" + +012:049 And pointing to His disciples He added, "See here are my mother + and my brothers. + +012:050 To obey my Father who is in Heaven--that is to be my brother + and my sister and my mother." + +013:001 That same day Jesus had left the house and was sitting on + the shore of the Lake, + +013:002 when a vast multitude of people crowded round Him. + He therefore went on board a boat and sat there, while all + the people stood on the shore. + +013:003 He then spoke many things to them in figurative language. + "The sower goes out," He said, "to sow. + +013:004 As he sows, some of the seed falls by the way-side, and the birds + come and peck it up. + +013:005 Some falls on rocky ground, where it has but scanty soil. + It quickly shows itself above ground, because it has no + depth of earth; + +013:006 but when the sun is risen, it is scorched by the heat, + and through having no root it withers up. + +013:007 Some falls among the thorns; but the thorns spring up + and stifle it. + +013:008 But a portion falls upon good ground, and gives a return, + some a hundred for one, some sixty, some thirty. + +013:009 Listen, every one who has ears!" + +013:010 (And His disciples came and asked Him, "Why do you speak + to them in figurative language?" + +013:011 "Because," He replied, "while to you it is granted to know + the secrets of the Kingdom of the Heavens, to them it is not. + +013:012 For whoever has, to him more shall be given, and he shall + have abundance; but whoever has not, from him even what he has + shall be taken away. + +013:013 I speak to them in figurative language for this reason, + that while looking they do not see, and while hearing they + neither hear nor understand. + +013:014 And in regard to them the prophecy of Isaiah is receiving + signal fulfilment: "`You will hear and hear and by no + means understand, and you will look and look and by no means see. + +013:015 For this people's mind is stupefied, their hearing has + become dull, and their eyes they have closed; to prevent + their ever seeing with their eyes, or hearing with their ears, + or understanding with their minds, and turning back, + so that I might heal them.' + +013:016 "But as for you, blessed are your eyes, for they see, + and your ears, for they hear. + +013:017 For I solemnly tell you that many Prophets and holy men have + longed to see the sights you see, and have not seen them, + and to hear the words you hear, and have not heard them. + +013:018 "To you then I will explain the parable of the Sower. + +013:019 When a man hears the Message concerning the Kingdom and does + not understand it, the Evil one comes and catches away what has + been sown in his heart. This is he who has received the seed + by the road-side. + +013:020 He who has received the seed on the rocky ground is the man + who hears the Message and immediately receives it with joy. + +013:021 It has struck no root, however, within him. He continues + for a time, but when suffering comes, or persecution, + because of the Message, he at once stumbles and falls. + +013:022 He who has received the seed among the thorns is the man + who hears the Message, but the cares of the present age + and the delusions of riches quite stifle the Message, + and it becomes unfruitful. + +013:023 But he who has received the seed on good ground is he who hears + and understands. Such hearers give a return, and yield one + a hundred for one, another sixty, another thirty.") + +013:024 Another parable He put before them. "The Kingdom of + the Heavens," He said, "may be compared to a man who has sown + good seed in his field, + +013:025 but during the night his enemy comes, and over the first seed + he sows darnel among the wheat, and goes away. + +013:026 But when the blade shoots up and the grain is formed, + then appears the darnel also. + +013:027 "So the farmer's men come and ask him, "`Sir, was it not + good seed that you sowed on your land? Where then does + the darnel come from?' + +013:028 "`Some enemy has done this,' he said. "`Shall we go, + and collect it?' the men inquire. + +013:029 "`No,' he replied, `for fear that while collecting the darnel + you should at the same time root up the wheat with it. + +013:030 Leave both to grow together until the harvest, and at harvest-time + I will direct the reapers, Collect the darnel first, + and make it up into bundles to burn it, but bring all the wheat + into my barn.'" + +013:031 Another parable He put before them. "The Kingdom of + the Heavens," He said, "is like a mustard-seed, which a man + takes and sows in his ground. + +013:032 It is the smallest of all seeds, and yet when full-grown it + is larger than any herb and forms a tree, so that the birds + come and build in its branches." + +013:033 Another parable He spoke to them. "The Kingdom of + the Heavens," He said, "is like yeast which a woman takes + and buries in a bushel of flour, for it to work there till + the whole mass has risen." + +013:034 All this Jesus spoke to the people in figurative language, + and except in figurative language He spoke nothing to them, + +013:035 in fulfilment of the saying of the Prophet, "I will open + my mouth in figurative language, I will utter things kept + hidden since the creation of all things." + +013:036 When He had dismissed the people and had returned to the house, + His disciples came to Him with the request, "Explain to us + the parable of the darnel sown in the field." + +013:037 "The sower of the good seed," He replied, "is the Son of Man; + +013:038 the field is the world; the good seed--these are the sons + of the Kingdom; the darnel, the sons of the Evil one. + +013:039 The enemy who sows the darnel is *the Devil*; the harvest + is the Close of the Age; the reapers are the angels. + +013:040 As then the darnel is collected together and burnt up with fire, + so will it be at the Close of the Age. + +013:041 The Son of Man will commission His angels, and they will gather + out of His Kingdom all causes of sin and all who violate His laws; + +013:042 and these they will throw into the fiery furnace. + There will be the weeping aloud and the gnashing of teeth. + +013:043 Then will the righteous shine out like the sun in their + Father's Kingdom. Listen, every one who has ears! + +013:044 "The Kingdom of the Heavens is like treasure buried in + the open country, which a man finds, but buries again, and, + in his joy about it, goes and sells all he has and buys + that piece of ground. + +013:045 "Again the Kingdom of the Heavens is like a jewel merchant + who is in quest of choice pearls. + +013:046 He finds one most costly pearl; he goes away; and though it + costs all he has, he buys it. + +013:047 "Again the Kingdom of the Heavens is like a draw-net let + down into the sea, which encloses fish of all sorts. + +013:048 When full, they haul it up on the beach, and sit down and collect + the good fish in baskets, while the worthless they throw away. + +013:049 So will it be at the Close of the Age. The angels will go + forth and separate the wicked from among the righteous, + +013:050 and will throw them into the fiery furnace. There will be + the weeping aloud and the gnashing of teeth." + +013:051 "Have you understood all this?" He asked. "Yes," they said. + +013:052 "Therefore," He said, "remember that every Scribe well trained + for the Kingdom of the Heavens is like a householder who brings + out of his storehouse new things and old." + +013:053 Jesus concluded this series of parables and then departed. + +013:054 And He came into His own country and proceeded to teach in + their synagogue, so that they were filled with astonishment + and exclaimed, "Where did he obtain such wisdom, + and these wondrous powers? + +013:055 Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? + And are not his brothers, James, Joseph, Simon and Judah? + +013:056 And his sisters--are they not all living here among us? + Where then did he get all this?" + +013:057 So they turned angrily away from Him. But Jesus said to them, + "There is no prophet left without honour except in his own + country and among his own family." + +013:058 And He performed but few mighty deeds there because of their + want of faith. + +014:001 About that time Herod the Tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, + +014:002 and he said to his courtiers, "This is John the Baptist: + he has come back to life--and that is why these miraculous + Powers are working in him." + +014:003 For Herod had arrested John, and had put him in chains, + and imprisoned him, for the sake of Herodias his + brother Philip's wife, + +014:004 because John had persistently said to him, "It is not lawful + for you to have her." + +014:005 And he would have liked to put him to death, but was afraid + of the people, because they regarded John as a Prophet. + +014:006 But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced + before all the company, and so pleased Herod + +014:007 that with an oath he promised to give her whatever she asked. + +014:008 So she, instigated by her mother, said, "Give me here on a dish + the head of John the Baptist." + +014:009 The king was deeply vexed, yet because of his repeated oath + and of the guests at his table he ordered it to be given her, + +014:010 and he sent and beheaded John in the prison. + +014:011 The head was brought on a dish and given to the young girl, + and she took it to her mother. + +014:012 Then John's disciples went and removed the body and buried it, + and came and informed Jesus. + +014:013 Upon receiving these tidings, Jesus went away by boat to an + uninhabited and secluded district; but the people heard of it + and followed Him in crowds from the towns by land. + +014:014 So Jesus went out and saw an immense multitude, and felt compassion + for them, and cured those of them who were out of health. + +014:015 But when evening was come, the disciples came to Him and said, + "This is an uninhabited place, and the best of the day is + now gone; send the people away to go into the villages and buy + something to eat." + +014:016 "They need not go away," replied Jesus; "you yourselves must + give them something to eat." + +014:017 "We have nothing here," they said, "but five loaves and a + couple of fish." + +014:018 "Bring them here to me," He said, + +014:019 and He told all the people to sit down on the grass. + Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and after + looking up to heaven and blessing them, He broke up the loaves + and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples distributed + them to the people. + +014:020 So all ate, and were fully satisfied. The broken portions + that remained over they gathered up, filling twelve baskets. + +014:021 Those who had eaten were about 5,000 adult men, without reckoning + women and children. + +014:022 Immediately afterwards He made the disciples go on board + the boat and cross to the opposite shore, leaving Him + to dismiss the people. + +014:023 When He had done this, He climbed the hill to pray in solitude. + Night came on, and he was there alone. + +014:024 Meanwhile the boat was far out on the Lake, buffeted and tossed + by the waves, the wind being adverse. + +014:025 But towards daybreak He went to them, walking over the waves. + +014:026 When the disciples saw Him walking on the waves, they were + greatly alarmed. "It is a spirit," they exclaimed, and they + cried out with terror. + +014:027 But instantly Jesus spoke to them, and said, "There is no danger; + it is I; do not be afraid." + +014:028 "Master," answered Peter, "if it is you, bid me come to you + upon the water." + +014:029 "Come," said Jesus. Then Peter climbed down from the boat + and walked upon the water to go to Him. + +014:030 But when he felt the wind he grew frightened, and beginning + to sink he cried out, "Master, save me." + +014:031 Instantly Jesus stretched out His hand and caught hold of him, + saying to him, "O little faith, why did you doubt?" + +014:032 So they climbed into the boat, and the wind lulled; + +014:033 and the men on board fell down before him and said, "You are + indeed God's Son." + +014:034 When they had quite crossed over, they put ashore at Gennesaret; + +014:035 and the men of the place, recognizing Him, sent word into all + the country round. So they brought all the sick to Him, + +014:036 and they entreated Him that they might but touch the tassel + of His outer garment; and all who did so were restored + to perfect health. + +015:001 Then there came to Jesus a party of Pharisees and Scribes + from Jerusalem, who inquired, + +015:002 "Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the Elders + by not washing their hands before meals?" + +015:003 "Why do you, too," He retorted, "transgress God's commands + for the sake of your tradition? + +015:004 For God said, `Honour thy father and thy mother'; and `Let him + who reviles father or mother be certainly put to death'; + +015:005 but you--this is what you say: `If a man says to his father + or mother, That is consecrated, whatever it is, which otherwise + you should have received from me-- + +015:006 he shall be absolved from honouring his father'; and so you + have abrogated God's Word for the sake of your tradition. + +015:007 Hypocrites! well did Isaiah prophesy of you, + +015:008 "`This is a People who honour Me with their lips, while their + heart is far away from Me; + +015:009 but it is in vain they worship Me, while they lay down precepts + which are mere human rules.'" + +015:010 Then, when He had called the people to Him, Jesus said, + "Hear and understand. + +015:011 It is not what goes into a man's mouth that defiles him; + but it is what comes out of his mouth--that* defiles a man." + +015:012 Then His disciples came and said to Him, "Do you know that the + Pharisees were greatly shocked when they heard those words?" + +015:013 "Every plant," He replied, "which my Heavenly Father has not + planted will be rooted up. + +015:014 Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind; + and if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall + into some pit." + +015:015 "Explain to us this figurative language," said Peter. + +015:016 "Are even you," He answered, "still without intellingence? + +015:017 Do you not understand that whatever enters the mouth passes + into the stomach and is afterwards ejected from the body? + +015:018 But the things that come out of the mouth proceed from the heart, + and it is these that defile the man. + +015:019 For out of the heart proceed wicked thoughts, murder, adultery, + fornication, theft, perjury, impiety of speech. + +015:020 These are the things which defile the man; but eating with + unwashed hands does not defile." + +015:021 Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew into the vicinity of + Tyre and Sidon. + +015:022 Here a Canaanitish woman of the district came out and persistently + cried out, "Sir, Son of David, pity me; my daughter is cruelly + harassed by a demon." + +015:023 But He answered her not a word. Then the disciples interposed, + and begged Him, saying, "Send her away because she keeps + crying behind us." + +015:024 "I have only been sent to the lost sheep of the house + of Israel," He replied. + +015:025 Then she came and threw herself at His feet and entreated Him. + "O Sir, help me," she said. + +015:026 "It is not right," He said, "to take the children's bread + and throw it to the dogs." + +015:027 "Be it so, Sir," she said, "for even the dogs eat the scraps + which fall from their masters' tables." + +015:028 "O woman," replied Jesus, "great is your faith: be it done + to you as you desire." And from that moment her daughter + was restored to health. + +015:029 Again, moving thence, Jesus went along by the Lake of Galilee; + and ascending the hill, He sat down there. + +015:030 Soon great crowds came to Him, bringing with them + those who were crippled in feet or hands, blind or dumb, + and many besides, and they hastened to lay them at His feet. + And He cured them, + +015:031 so that the people were amazed to see the dumb speaking, the maimed + with their hands perfect, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; + and they gave the glory to the God of Israel. + +015:032 But Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, "My heart + yearns over this mass of people, for it is now the third day + that they have been with me and they have nothing to eat. + I am unwilling to send them away hungry, lest they should faint + on the road." + +015:033 "Where can we," asked the disciples, "get bread enough in this + remote place to satisfy so vast a multitude?" + +015:034 "How many loaves have you?" Jesus asked. "Seven," they said, + "and a few small fish." + +015:035 So He bade all the people sit down on the ground, + +015:036 and He took the seven loaves and the fish, and after giving thanks + He broke them up and then distributed them to the disciples, + and they to the people. + +015:037 And they all ate and were satisfied. The broken portions + that remained over they took up--seven full hampers. + +015:038 Those who ate were 4,000 adult men, without reckoning + women and children. + +015:039 He then dismissed the people, went on board the boat, + and came into the district of Magadan. + +016:001 Here the Pharisees and Sadducees came to Him; and, to make + trial of Him, they asked Him to show them a sign in the sky. + +016:002 He replied, "In the evening you say, `It will be fine weather, + for the sky is red;' + +016:003 and in the morning, `It will be rough weather to-day, for the sky + is red and murky.' You learn how to distinguish the aspect + of the heavens, but the signs of the times you cannot. + +016:004 A wicked and faithless generation are eager for a sign; + but none shall be given to them except the sign of Jonah." + and He left them and went away. + +016:005 When the disciples arrived at the other side of the Lake, + they found that they had forgotten to bring any bread; + +016:006 and when Jesus said to them, "See to it: beware of the yeast + of the Pharisees and Sadducees," + +016:007 they reasoned among themselves, saying, "It is because we + have not brought any bread." + +016:008 Jesus perceived this and said, "Why are you reasoning + among yourselves, you men of little faith, because you + have no bread? + +016:009 Do you not yet understand? nor even remember the 5,000 and + the five loaves, and how many basketfuls you carried away, + +016:010 nor the 4,000 and the seven loaves, and how many hampers + you carried away? + +016:011 How is it you do not understand that it was not about bread + that I spoke to you? But beware of the yeast of the + Pharisees and Sadducees." + +016:012 Then they perceived that He had not warned them against bread-yeast, + but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. + +016:013 When He arrived in the neighbourhood of Caesarea Philippi, Jesus + questioned His disciples. "Who do people say that the Son + of Man is?" He asked. + +016:014 "Some say John the Baptist," they replied; "others Elijah; + others Jeremiah or one of the Prophets." + +016:015 "But you, who do you say that I am?" He asked again. + +016:016 "You," replied Simon Peter, "are the Christ, the Son of + the ever-living God." + +016:017 "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-jonah," said Jesus; "for mere human + nature has not revealed this to you, but my Father in Heaven. + +016:018 And I declare to you that you are Peter, and that upon this + Rock I will build my Church, and the might of Hades shall + not triumph over it. + +016:019 I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of the Heavens; + and whatever you bind on earth shall remain bound in Heaven, + and whatever you loose on earth shall remain loosed in Heaven." + +016:020 Then He urged His disciples to tell no one that He was the Christ. + +016:021 From this time Jesus began to explain to His disciples that He + must go to Jerusalem, and suffer much cruelty from the Elders + and the High Priests and the Scribes, and be put to death, + and on the third day be raised to life again. + +016:022 Then Peter took Him aside and began taking Him to task. + "Master," he said, "God forbid; this will not be your lot." + +016:023 But He turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Adversary; + you are a hindrance to me, because your thoughts are not + God's thoughts, but men's." + +016:024 Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If any one desires + to follow me, let him renounce self and take up his cross, + and so be my follower. + +016:025 For whoever desires to save his life shall lose it, and whoever + loses his life for my sake shall find it. + +016:026 Why, what benefit will it be to a man if he gains the whole + world but forfeits his life? Or what shall a man give to buy + back his life? + +016:027 For the Son of Man is soon to come in the glory of the Father + with His angels, and then will He requite every man according + to his actions. + +016:028 I solemnly tell you that some of those who are standing here + will certainly not taste death till they have seen the Son + of Man coming in His Kingdom." + +017:001 Six day later, Jesus took with Him Peter and the brothers + James and John, and brought them up a high mountain to + a solitary place. + +017:002 There in their presence His form underwent a change; + His face shone like the sun, and His raiment became as white + as the light. + +017:003 And suddenly Moses and Elijah appeared to them conversing with Him. + +017:004 Then Peter said to Jesus, "Master, we are thankful to you that we + are here. If you approve, I will put up three tents here, + one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah." + +017:005 He was still speaking when a luminous cloud spread over them; + and a voice was heard from within the cloud, which said, + "This is My Son dearly beloved, in whom is My delight. + Listen to Him." + +017:006 On hearing this voice, the disciples fell on their faces + and were filled with terror. + +017:007 But Jesus came and touched them, and said, "Rouse yourselves + and have no fear." + +017:008 So they looked up, and saw no one but Jesus. + +017:009 As they were descending the mountain, Jesus laid a command upon them. + "Tell no one," He said, "of the sight you have seen till + the Son of Man has risen from among the dead." + +017:010 "Why then," asked the disciples, "do the Scribes say that Elijah + must first come?" + +017:011 "Elijah was indeed to come," He replied, "and would + reform everything. + +017:012 But I tell you that he has already come, and they did + not recognize him, but dealt with him as they chose. + And before long the Son of Man will be treated by them + in a similar way." + +017:013 Then it dawned upon the disciples that it was John the Baptist + about whom He had spoken to them. + +017:014 When they had returned to the people, there came to Him a man + who fell on his knees before Him and besought Him. + +017:015 "Sir," he said, "have pity on my son, for he is an epileptic + and is very ill. Often he falls into the fire and often + into the water. + +017:016 I have brought him to your disciples, and they have not been + able to cure him." + +017:017 "O unbelieving and perverse generation!" replied Jesus; + "how long shall I be with you? how long shall I endure you? + Bring him to me." + +017:018 Then Jesus reprimanded the demon, and it came out and left him; + and the boy was cured from that moment. + +017:019 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and asked Him, "Why could + not we expel the demon?" + +017:020 "Because your faith is so small," He replied; "for I solemnly + declare to you that if you have faith like a mustard-seed, + you shall say to this mountain, `Remove from this place to that,' + and it will remove; and nothing shall be impossible to you. + +017:021 But an evil spirit of this kind is only driven out by + prayer and fasting." + +017:022 As they were travelling about in Galilee, Jesus said to them, + "The Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men; + +017:023 they will put Him to death, but on the third day He will be + raised to life again." And they were exceedingly distressed. + +017:024 After their arrival at Capernaum the collectors of the half-shekel + came and asked Peter, "Does not your Teacher pay the half-shekel?" + +017:025 "Yes," he replied, and then went into the house. But before + he spoke a word Jesus said, "What think you, Simon? From whom + do this world's kings receive customs or capitation tax? + from their own children, or from others?" + +017:026 "From others," he replied. "Then the children go free," said Jesus. + +017:027 "However, lest we cause them to sin, go and throw a hook + into the Lake, and take the first fish that comes up. + When you open its mouth, you will find a shekel in it: + bring that coin and give it to them for yourself and me." + +018:001 Just then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Who ranks + higher than others in the Kingdom of the Heavens?" + +018:002 So He called a young child to Him, and, bidding him stand + in the midst of them, + +018:003 said, "In solemn truth I tell you that unless you turn and + become like little children, you will in no case be admitted + into the Kingdom of the Heavens. + +018:004 Whoever therefore shall humble himself as this young child, + he it is who is superior to others in the Kingdom of the Heavens. + +018:005 And whoever for my sake receives one young child such + as this, receives me. + +018:006 But whoever shall occasion the fall of one of these little + ones who believe in me, it would be better for him to have + a millstone hung round his neck and to be drowned in the depths + of the sea. + +018:007 "Alas for the world because of causes of falling! They cannot + but come, but alas for each man through whom they come! + +018:008 If your hand or your foot is causing you to fall into sin, + cut it off and away with it. It is better for you to enter + into Life crippled in hand or foot than to remain in possession + of two sound hands or feet but be thrown into the fire + of the Ages. + +018:009 And if your eye is causing you to fall into sin, tear it out + and away with it; it is better for you to enter into Life + with only one eye, than to remain in possession of two eyes + but be thrown into the Gehenna of fire. + +018:010 "Beware of ever despising one of these little ones, for I + tell you that in Heaven their angels have continual access + to my Father who is in Heaven. + +018:011 [] + +018:012 What do you yourselves think? Suppose a man gets a hundred sheep + and one of them strays away, will he not leave the ninety-nine + on the hills and go and look for the one that is straying? + +018:013 And if he succeeds in finding it, in solemn truth I tell you + that he rejoices over it more than he does over the ninety-nine + that have not gone astray. + +018:014 Just so it is not the will of your Father in Heaven that one + of these little ones should be lost. + +018:015 "If your brother acts wrongly towards you, go and point + out his fault to him when only you and he are there. + If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. + +018:016 But if he will not listen to you, go again, and ask one or + two to go with you, that every word spoken may be attested + by two or three witnesses. + +018:017 If he refuses to hear them, appeal to the Church; and if + he refuses to hear even the Church, regard him just as you + regard a Gentile or a tax-gatherer. + +018:018 I solemnly tell you that whatever you as a Church bind on earth + will in Heaven be held as bound, and whatever you loose + on earth will in Heaven be held to be loosed. + +018:019 I also solemnly tell you that if two of you here on earth agree + together concerning anything whatever that they shall ask, + the boon will come to them from my Father who is in Heaven. + +018:020 For where there are two or three assembled in my name, + there am I in the midst of them." + +018:021 At this point Peter came to Him with the question, "Master, + how often shall my brother act wrongly towards me and I + forgive him? seven times?" + +018:022 "I do not say seven times," answered Jesus, "but seventy + times seven times. + +018:023 "For this reason the Kingdom of the Heavens may be compared + to a king who determined to have a settlement of accounts + with his servants. + +018:024 But as soon as he began the settlement, one was brought before + him who owed 10,000 talents, + +018:025 and was unable to pay. So his master ordered that he and his + wife and children and everything that he had should be sold, + and payment be made. + +018:026 The servant therefore falling down, prostrated himself at + his feet and entreated him. "`Only give me time,' he said, + `and I will pay you the whole.' + +018:027 "Whereupon his master, touched with compassion, set him free + and forgave him the debt. + +018:028 But no sooner had that servant gone out, than he met with one + of his fellow servants who owed him 100 shillings; and seizing + him by the throat and nearly strangling him he exclaimed, + "`Pay me all you owe.' + +018:029 "His fellow servant therefore fell at his feet and entreated him, + "`Only give me time,' he said, `and I will pay you.' + +018:030 "He would not, however, but went and threw him into prison + until he should pay what was due. + +018:031 His fellow servants, therefore, seeing what had happened, + were exceedingly angry; and they came and told their master + without reserve all that had happened. + +018:032 At once his master called him and said, "`Wicked servant, + I forgave you all that debt, because you entreated me: + +018:033 ought not you also to have had pity on your fellow servant, + just as I had pity on you?' + +018:034 "So his master, greatly incensed, handed him over to the jailers + until he should pay all he owed him. + +018:035 "In the same way my Heavenly Father will deal with you, if you + do not all of you forgive one another from your hearts." + +019:001 When Jesus had finished these discourses, He removed from Galilee + and came into that part of Judaea which lay beyond the Jordan. + +019:002 And a vast multitude followed him, and He cured them there. + +019:003 Then came some of the Pharisees to Him to put Him to the proof + by the question, "Has a man a right to divorce his wife + whenever he chooses?" + +019:004 "Have you not read," He replied, "that He who made them `made them' + from the beginning `male and female, + +019:005 and said, For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother + and be united to his wife, and the two shall be one'? + +019:006 Thus they are no longer two, but `one'! What therefore God + has joined together, let not man separate." + +019:007 "Why then," said they, "did Moses command the husband to give + her `a written notice of divorce,' and so put her away?" + +019:008 "Moses," He replied, "in consideration of the hardness of your + nature permitted you to put away your wives, but it has not + been so from the beginning. + +019:009 And I tell you that whoever divorces his wife for any reason except + her unfaithfulness, and marries another woman, commits adultery." + +019:010 "If this is the case with a man in relation to his wife," + said the disciples to Him, "it is better not to marry." + +019:011 "It is not every man," He replied, "who can receive this teaching, + but only those on whom the grace has been bestowed. + +019:012 There are men who from their birth have been disabled from marriage, + others who have been so disabled by men, and others who have + disabled themselves for the sake of the Kingdom of the Heavens. + He who is able to receive this, let him receive it." + +019:013 Then young children were brought to Him for Him to put His + hands on them and pray; but the disciples interfered. + +019:014 Jesus however said, "Let the little children come to me, + and do not hinder them; for it is to those who are childlike + that the Kingdom of the Heavens belongs." + +019:015 So He laid His hands upon them and went away. + +019:016 "Teacher," said one man, coming up to Him, "what that is good + shall I do in order to win the Life of the Ages?" + +019:017 "Why do you ask me," He replied, "about what is good? + There is only One who is truly good. But if you desire + to enter into Life, keep the Commandments." + +019:018 "Which Commandments?" he asked. Jesus answered, "`Thou shalt + not kill;' `Thou shalt not commit adultery;' `Thou shalt not steal;' + `Thou shalt not lie in giving evidence;' + +019:019 `Honour thy father and thy mother'; and `Thou shalt love thy + fellow man as much as thyself.'" + +019:020 "All of these," said the young man, "I have carefully kept. + What do I still lack?" + +019:021 "If you desire to be perfect," replied Jesus, "go and sell + all that you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have + wealth in Heaven; and come, follow me." + +019:022 On hearing those words the young man went away much cast down; + for he had much property. + +019:023 So Jesus said to His disciples, "I solemnly tell you that it + is with difficulty that a rich man will enter the Kingdom + of the Heavens. + +019:024 Yes, I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye + of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God." + +019:025 These words utterly amazed the disciples, and they asked, + "Who then can be saved?" + +019:026 Jesus looked at them and said, "With men this is impossible, + but with God everything is possible." + +019:027 Then Peter said to Jesus, "See, *we* have forsaken everything + and followed you; what then will be *our* reward?" + +019:028 "I solemnly tell you," replied Jesus, "that in the New Creation, + when the Son of Man has taken His seat on His glorious throne, + all of you who have followed me shall also sit on twelve + thrones and judge the twelve tribes of Israel. + +019:029 And whoever has forsaken houses, or brothers or sisters, + or father or mother, or children or lands, for my sake, + shall receive many times as much and shall have as his + inheritance the Life of the Ages. + +019:030 "But many who are now first will be last, and many who are + now last will be first. + +020:001 "For the Kingdom of the Heavens is like an employer who went + out early in the morning to hire men to work in his vineyard, + +020:002 and having made an agreement with them for a shilling a day, + sent them into his vineyard. + +020:003 About nine o'clock he went out and saw others loitering + in the market-place. + +020:004 To these also he said, "`You also, go into the vineyard, + and whatever is right I will give you.' + +020:005 "So they went. Again about twelve, and about three o'clock, + he went out and did the same. + +020:006 And going out about five o'clock he found others loitering, + and he asked them, "`Why have you been standing here all + day long, doing nothing?' + +020:007 "`Because no one has hired us,' they replied. "`You also, + go into the vineyard,' he said. + +020:008 "When evening came, the master said to his steward, "`Call the men + and pay them their wages. Begin with the last set and finish + with the first.' + +020:009 "When those came who had begun at five o'clock, they received + a shilling apiece; + +020:010 and when the first came, they expected to get more, but they + also each got the shilling. + +020:011 So when they had received it, they grumbled against + the employer, saying, + +020:012 "`These who came last have done only one hour's work, and you + have put them on a level with us who have worked the whole + day and have borne the scorching heat.' + +020:013 "`My friend,' he answered to one of them, `I am doing you + no injustice. Did you not agree with me for a shilling? + +020:014 Take your money and go. I choose to give this last comer + just as much as I give you. + +020:015 Have I not a right to do what I choose with my own property? + Or are you envious because I am generous?' + +020:016 "So the last shall be first, and the first last." + +020:017 Jesus was now going up to Jerusalem, and He took the twelve + disciples aside by themselves, and on the way He said to them, + +020:018 "We are going up to Jerusalem, and there the Son of Man + will be betrayed to the High Priests and Scribes. + They will condemn Him to death, + +020:019 and hand Him over to the Gentiles to be made sport of and scourged + and crucified; and on the third day He will be raised to life." + +020:020 Then the mother of the sons of Zabdi came to Him with her sons, + and knelt before Him to make a request of Him. + +020:021 "What is it you desire?" He asked. "Command," she replied, + "that these my two sons may sit one at your right hand and one + at your left in your Kingdom." + +020:022 "None of you know what you are asking for," said Jesus; + "can you drink out of the cup from which I am about to drink?" + "We can," they replied. + +020:023 "You shall drink out of my cup," He said, "but a seat at my + right hand or at my left it is not for me to allot, but it + belongs to those for whom it has been prepared by my Father." + +020:024 The other ten heard of this, and their indignation was aroused + against the two brothers. + +020:025 But Jesus called them to Him, and said, "You know that the rulers + of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise + authority over them. + +020:026 Not so shall it be among you; but whoever desires to be great + among you shall be your servant, + +020:027 and whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant; + +020:028 just as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, + and to give His life as the redemption-price for many." + +020:029 As they were leaving Jericho, an immense crowd following Him, + +020:030 two blind men sitting by the roadside heard that it was Jesus + who was passing by, and cried aloud, "Sir, Son of David, pity us." + +020:031 The people angrily tried to silence them, but they cried all + the louder. "O Sir, Son of David, pity us," they said. + +020:032 So Jesus stood still and called to them. "What shall I do + for you?" He asked. + +020:033 "Sir, let our eyes be opened," they replied. + +020:034 Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and immediately + they regained their sight and followed Him. + +021:001 When they were come near Jerusalem and had arrived at Bethphage + and the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of the disciples + on in front, + +021:002 saying to them, "Go to the village you see facing you, and as you + enter it you will find a she-ass tied up and a foal with her. + Untie her and bring them to me. + +021:003 And if any one says anything to you, say, `The Master needs them,' + and he will at once send them." + +021:004 This took place in order that the Prophet's prediction + might be fulfilled: + +021:005 "Tell the Daughter of Zion, `See, thy King is coming to thee, + gentle, and yet mounted on an ass, even on a colt the foal + of a beast of burden.'" + +021:006 So the disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them: + +021:007 they brought the she-ass and the foal, and threw their outer + garments on them. So He sat on them; + +021:008 and most of the crowd kept spreading their garments along + the road, while others cut branches from the trees and carpeted + the road with them, + +021:009 and the multitudes--some of the people preceding Him + and some following--sang aloud, "God save the Son + of David! Blessings on Him who comes in the Lord's name! + God in the highest Heavens save Him!" + +021:010 When He thus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was thrown + into commotion, every one inquiring, "Who is this?" + +021:011 "This is Jesus, the Prophet, from Nazareth in Galilee," + replied the crowds. + +021:012 Entering the Temple, Jesus drove out all who were buying + and selling there, and overturned the money-changers' + tables and the seats of the pigeon-dealers. + +021:013 "It is written," He said, "`My House shall be called the House + of Prayer', but you are making it a robbers' cave." + +021:014 And the blind and the lame came to Him in the Temple, + and He cured them. + +021:015 But when the High Priests and the Scribes saw the wonderful + things that He had done and the children who were crying + aloud in the Temple, "God save the Son of David," they were + filled with indignation. + +021:016 "Do you hear," they asked Him, "what these children are saying?" + "Yes," He replied; "have you never read, `Out of the mouths + of infants and of babes at the breast Thou hast brought forth + the praise which is due'?" + +021:017 So He left them and went out of the city to Bethany and passed + the night there. + +021:018 Early in the morning as He was on His way to return to the city + He was hungry, + +021:019 and seeing a fig-tree on the road-side He went up to it, + but found nothing on it but leaves. "On you," He said, + "no fruit shall ever again grow." And immediately + the fig-tree withered away. + +021:020 When the disciples saw it they exclaimed in astonishment, + "How instantaneously the fig-tree has withered away!" + +021:021 "I solemnly tell you," said Jesus, "that if you have an + unwavering faith, you shall not only perform such a miracle + as this of the fig-tree, but that even if you say to + this mountain, `Be thou lifted up and hurled into the sea,' + it shall be done; + +021:022 and everything, whatever it be, that you ask for in your prayers, + if you have faith, you shall obtain." + +021:023 He entered the Temple; and while He was teaching, + the High Priests and the Elders of the people came to Him + and asked Him, "By what authority are you doing these things? + and who gave you this authority?" + +021:024 "And I also have a question to ask *you*," replied Jesus, + "and if you answer me, I in turn will tell you by what authority + I do these things. + +021:025 John's Baptism, whence was it?--had it a heavenly or a + human origin?" So they debated the matter among themselves. + "If we say `a heavenly origin,'" they argued, "he will say, + `Why then did you not believe him?' + +021:026 and if we say `a human origin' we have the people to fear, + for they all hold John to have been a Prophet." + +021:027 So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." "Nor do I tell you," + He replied, "by what authority I do these things." + +021:028 "But give me your judgement. There was a man who had two sons. + He came to the elder of them, and said, "`My son, go and work + in the vineyard to-day.' + +021:029 "`I will not,' he replied. "But afterwards he was sorry, and went. + +021:030 He came to the second and spoke in the same manner. + His answer was, "`I will go, Sir.' "But he did not go. + +021:031 Which of the two did as his father desired?" "The first," they said. + "I solemnly tell you,' replied Jesus, "that the tax-gatherers + and the notorious sinners are entering the Kingdom of God + in front of you. + +021:032 For John came to you observing all sorts of ritual, and you put + no faith in him: the tax-gatherers and the notorious sinners did + put faith in him, and you, though you saw this example set you, + were not even afterwards sorry so as to believe him. + +021:033 "Listen to another parable. There was a householder who planted + a vineyard, made a fence round it, dug a wine-tank in it, + and built a strong lodge; then let the place to vine-dressers, + and went abroad. + +021:034 When vintage-time approached, he sent his servants to the + vine-dressers to receive his share of the grapes; + +021:035 but the vine-dressers seized the servants, and one they + cruelly beat, one they killed, one they pelted with stones. + +021:036 Again he sent another party of servants more numerous than the first; + and these they treated in the same manner. + +021:037 Later still he sent to them his son, saying, "`They will + respect my son.' + +021:038 "But the vine-dressers, when they saw the son, said to + one another, "`Here is the heir: come, let us kill him + and get his inheritance.' + +021:039 "So they seized him, dragged him out of the vineyard, + and killed him. + +021:040 When then the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do + to those vine-dressers?" + +021:041 "He will put the wretches to a wretched death," was the reply, + "and will entrust the vineyard to other vine-dressers who will + render the produce to him at the vintage season." + +021:042 "Have you never read in the Scriptures," said Jesus, "`The Stone + which the builders rejected has been made the Cornerstone: + this Cornerstone came from the Lord, and is wonderful + in our eyes'? + +021:043 "That, I tell you, is the reason why the Kingdom of God will be + taken away from you, and given to a nation that will exhibit + the power of it. + +021:044 He who falls on this stone will be severely hurt; but he on + whom it falls will be utterly crushed." + +021:045 After listening to His parables the High Priests and the Pharisees + perceived that He was speaking about them; + +021:046 but though they were eager to lay hands upon Him, they were afraid + of the people, for by them He was regarded as a Prophet. + +022:001 Again Jesus spoke to them in figurative language. + +022:002 "The Kingdom of the Heavens," He said, "may be compared + to a king who celebrated the marriage of his son, + +022:003 and sent his servants to call the invited guests to the wedding, + but they were unwilling to come. + +022:004 "Again he sent other servants with a message to those who + were invited. "`My breakfast is now ready," he said, `my bullocks + and fat cattle are killed, and every preparation is made: + come to the wedding.' + +022:005 "They however gave no heed, but went, one to his home in the country, + another to his business; + +022:006 and the rest seized the king's servants, maltreated them, + and murdered them. + +022:007 So the king's anger was stirred, and he sent his troops + and destroyed those murderers and burnt their city. + +022:008 Then he said to his servants, "`The wedding banquet is ready, + but those who were invited were unworthy of it. + +022:009 Go out therefore to the crossroads, and everybody you meet + invite to the wedding.' + +022:010 "So they went out into the roads and gathered together all + they could find, both bad and good, and the banqueting hall + was filled with guests. + +022:011 "Now the king came in to see the guests; and among them + he discovered one who was not wearing a wedding-robe. + +022:012 "`My friend,' he said, `how is it that you came in here without + a wedding robe?' + +022:013 "The man stood speechless. Then the king said to the servants, + "`Bind him hand and foot and fling him into the darkness outside: + there will be the weeping aloud and the gnashing of teeth.' + +022:014 "For there are many called, but few chosen." + +022:015 Then the Pharisees went and consulted together how they might + entrap Him in His conversation. + +022:016 So they sent to Him their disciples together with the Herodians; + who said, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful and that you + faithfully teach God's truth; and that no fear of man misleads you, + for you are not biased by men's wealth or rank. + +022:017 Give us your judgement therefore: is it allowable for us + to pay a poll-tax to Caesar, or not?" + +022:018 Perceiving their wickedness, Jesus replied, "Why are you + hypocrites trying to ensnare me? + +022:019 Show me the tribute coin." And they brought Him a shilling. + +022:020 "Whose likeness and inscription," He asked, "is this?" + +022:021 "Caesar's," they replied. "Pay therefore," He rejoined, + "what is Caesar's to Caesar; and what is God's to God." + +022:022 They heard this, and were astonished; then left Him, + and went their way. + +022:023 On the same day a party of Sadducees came to Him, contending that + there is no resurrection. And they put this case to Him. + +022:024 "Teacher," they said, "Moses enjoined, `If a man die childless, + his brother shall marry his widow, and raise up a family for him.' + +022:025 Now we had among us seven brothers. The eldest of them married, + but died childless, leaving his wife to his brother. + +022:026 So also did the second and the third, down to the seventh, + +022:027 till the woman also died, after surviving them all. + +022:028 At the Resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will + she be? for they all married her." + +022:029 The reply of Jesus was, "You are in error, through ignorance + of the Scriptures and of the power of God. + +022:030 For in the Resurrection, men neither marry nor are women given + in marriage, but they are like angels in Heaven. + +022:031 But as to the Resurrection of the dead, have you never read + what God says to you, + +022:032 `I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God + of Jacob'? He is not the God of dead, but of living men." + +022:033 All the crowd heard this, and were filled with amazement + at His teaching. + +022:034 Now the Pharisees came up when they heard that He had + silenced the Sadducees, + +022:035 and one of them, an expounder of the Law, asked Him as + a test question, + +022:036 "Teacher, which is the greatest Commandment in the Law?" + +022:037 "`Thou shalt love the Lord thy God,'" He answered, "`with thy + whole heart, thy whole soul, thy whole mind.' + +022:038 This is the greatest and foremost Commandment. + +022:039 And the second is similar to it: `Thou shalt love thy fellow + man as much as thyself.' + +022:040 The whole of the Law and the Prophets is summed up in + these two Commandments." + +022:041 While the Pharisees were still assembled there, Jesus put + a question to them. + +022:042 "What think you about the Christ," He said, "whose son + is He?" "David's," they replied. + +022:043 "How then," He asked, "does David, taught by the Spirit, + call Him Lord, when he says, + +022:044 "`The Lord said to my Lord, sit at My right hand until I + have put thy foes beneath thy feet'? + +022:045 "If therefore David calls Him Lord, how can He be his son?" + +022:046 No one could say a word in reply, nor from that day did any + one venture again to put a question to Him. + +023:001 Then Jesus addressed the crowds and His disciples. + +023:002 "The Scribes," He said, "and the Pharisees sit in the chair of Moses. + +023:003 Therefore do and observe everything that they command you; + but do not imitate their lives, for though they tell others + what to do, they do not do it themselves. + +023:004 Heavy and cumbrous burdens they bind together and load men's + shoulders with them, while as for themselves, not with one + finger do they choose to lift them. + +023:005 And everything they do they do with a view to being observed by men; + for they widen their phylacteries and make the tassels large, + +023:006 and love the best seats at a dinner party or in the synagogues, + +023:007 and like to be bowed to in places of public resort, and to be + addressed by men as `Rabbi.' + +023:008 "As for you, do not accept the title of `Rabbi,' for one alone + is your Teacher, and you are all brothers. + +023:009 And call no one on earth your Father, for One alone is your Father-- + the Heavenly Father. + +023:010 And do not accept the name of `leader,' for your Leader is + one alone--the Christ. + +023:011 He who is the greatest among you shall be your servant; + +023:012 and one who exalts himself shall be abased, while one who abases + himself shall be exalted. + +023:013 "But alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you + lock the door of the Kingdom of the Heavens against men; + you yourselves do not enter, nor do you allow those to enter + who are seeking to do so. + +023:014 [] + +023:015 "Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you scour + sea and land in order to win one convert--and when he is gained, + you make him twice as much a son of Gehenna as yourselves. + +023:016 "Alas for you, you blind guides, who say, "`Whoever swears + by the Sanctuary it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold + of the Sanctuary, is bound by the oath.' + +023:017 "Blind fools! Why, which is greater?--the gold, or the Sanctuary + which has made the gold holy? + +023:018 And you say, "`Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; + but whoever swears by the offering lying on it is bound + by the oath.' + +023:019 "You are blind! Why, which is greater?--the offering, + or the altar which makes the offering holy? + +023:020 He who swears by the altar swears both by it and by everything on it; + +023:021 he who swears by the Sanctuary swears both by it and by Him + who dwells in it; + +023:022 and he who swears by Heaven swears both by the throne of God + and by Him who sits upon it. + +023:023 "Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you pay + the tithe on mint, dill, and cumin, while you have neglected + the weightier requirements of the Law--just judgement, mercy, + and faithful dealing. These things you ought to have done, + and yet you ought not to have left the others undone. + +023:024 You blind guides, straining out the gnat while you gulp + down the camel! + +023:025 "Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you + wash clean the outside of the cup or dish, while within they + are full of greed and self-indulgence. + +023:026 Blind Pharisee, first wash clean the inside of the cup or dish, + and then the outside will be clean also. + +023:027 "Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you are + just like whitewashed sepulchres, the outside of which pleases + the eye, though inside they are full of dead men's bones + and of all that is unclean. + +023:028 The same is true of you: outwardly you seem to the human + eye to be good and honest men, but, within, you are full + of insincerity and disregard of God's Law. + +023:029 "Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you repair + the sepulchres of the Prophets and keep in order the tombs + of the righteous, + +023:030 and your boast is, "`If we had lived in the time of our forefathers, + we should not have been implicated with them in the murder + of the Prophets.' + +023:031 "So that you bear witness against yourselves that you are + descendants of those who murdered the Prophets. + +023:032 Fill up the measure of your forefathers' guilt. + +023:033 O serpents, O vipers' brood, how are you to escape + condemnation to Gehenna? + +023:034 "For this reason I am sending to you Prophets and wise men + and Scribes. Some of them you will put to death--nay, crucify; + some of them you will flog in your synagogues and chase + from town to town; + +023:035 that all the innocent blood shed upon earth may come on you, + from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah + the son of Berechiah whom you murdered between the Sanctuary + and the altar. + +023:036 I tell you in solemn truth that all these things will come + upon the present generation. + +023:037 "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! thou who murderest the Prophets + and stonest those who have been sent to thee! how often have I + desired to gather thy children to me, just as a hen gathers + her chickens under her wings, and you would not come! + +023:038 See, your house will now be left to you desolate! + +023:039 For I tell you that you will never see me again until you say, + `Blessed be He who comes in the name of the Lord.'" + +024:001 Jesus had left the Temple and was going on His way, when His + disciples came and called His attention to the Temple buildings. + +024:002 "You see all these?" He replied; "in solemn truth I tell + you that there will not be left here one stone upon another + that will not be pulled down." + +024:003 Afterwards He was on the Mount of Olives and was seated there + when the disciples came to Him, apart from the others, + and said, "Tell us when this will be; and what will be the sign + of your Coming and of the Close of the Age?" + +024:004 "Take care that no one misleads you," answered Jesus; + +024:005 "for many will come assuming my name and saying `I am the Christ;' + and they will mislead many. + +024:006 And before long you will hear of wars and rumours of wars. + Do not be alarmed, for such things must be; but the End + is not yet. + +024:007 For nation will rise in arms against nation, kingdom against kingdom, + and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places; + +024:008 but all these miseries are but like the early pains of childbirth. + +024:009 "At that time they will deliver you up to punishment and will + put you to death; and you will be objects of hatred to all + the nations because you are called by my name. + +024:010 Then will many stumble and fall, and they will betray one + another and hate one another. + +024:011 Many false prophets will rise up and lead multitudes astray; + +024:012 and because of the prevalent disregard of God's law the love + of the great majority will grow cold; + +024:013 but those who stand firm to the End shall be saved. + +024:014 And this Good News of the Kingdom shall be proclaimed throughout + the whole world to set the evidence before all the Gentiles; + and then the End will come. + +024:015 "When you have seen (to use the language of the Prophet Daniel) + the `Abomination of Desolation', standing in the Holy Place"-- + let the reader observe those words-- + +024:016 "then let those who are in Judaea escape to the hills; + +024:017 let him who is on the roof not go down to fetch what is + in his house; + +024:018 nor let him who is outside the city stay to pick up + his outer garment. + +024:019 And alas for the women who at that time are with child + or have infants! + +024:020 "But pray that your flight may not be in winter, nor on the Sabbath; + +024:021 for it will be a time of great suffering, such as never has + been from the beginning of the world till now, and assuredly + never will be again. + +024:022 And if those days had not been cut short, no one would escape; + but for the sake of God's own People those days will be cut short. + +024:023 "If at that time any one should say to you, `See, here is + the Christ!' or `Here!' give no credence to it. + +024:024 For there will rise up false Christs and false prophets, + displaying wonderful signs and prodigies, so as to deceive, + were it possible, even God's own People. + +024:025 Remember, I have forewarned you. + +024:026 If therefore they should say to you, `See, He is in the Desert!' + do not go out there: or `See, He is indoors in the room!' + do not believe it. + +024:027 For just as the lightning flashes in the east and is seen + to the very west, so will be the Coming of the Son of Man. + +024:028 Wherever the dead body is, there will the vultures flock together. + +024:029 "But immediately after those times of distress the sun will + be darkened, the moon will not shed her light, the stars + will fall from the firmament, and the forces which control + the heavens will be disordered and disturbed. + +024:030 Then will appear the Sign of the Son of Man in the sky; + and then will all the nations of the earth lament, when they + see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with great + power and glory. + +024:031 And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet-blast, + and they will bring together His own People to Him from north, + south, east and west--from one extremity of the world + to the other. + +024:032 "Now learn from the fig-tree the lesson it teaches. + As soon as its branches have now become soft and it is bursting + into leaf, you all know that summer is near. + +024:033 So you also, when you see all these signs, may be sure that He + is near--at your very door. + +024:034 I tell you in solemn truth that the present generation will + certainly not pass away without all these things having + first taken place. + +024:035 Earth and sky will pass away, but it is certain that my words + will not pass away. + +024:036 "But as to that day and the exact time no one knows--not even + the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone. + +024:037 `For as it was in the time of Noah, so it will be at the Coming + of the Son of Man. + +024:038 At that time, before the Deluge, men were busy eating and drinking, + taking wives or giving them, up to the very day when Noah + entered the Ark, + +024:039 nor did they realise any danger till the Deluge came and swept + them all away; so will it be at the Coming of the Son of Man. + +024:040 Then will two men be in the open country: one will be taken away, + and one left behind. + +024:041 Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken away, + and one left behind. + +024:042 Be on the alert therefore, for you do not know the day on + which your Lord is coming. + +024:043 But of this be assured, that if the master of the house had known + the hour at which the robber was coming, he would have kept awake, + and not have allowed his house to be broken into. + +024:044 Therefore you also must be ready; for it is at a time when you + do not expect Him that the Son of Man will come. + +024:045 "Who therefore is the loyal and intelligent servant to whom + his master has entrusted the control of his household to give + them their rations at the appointed time? + +024:046 Blessed is that servant whom his master when he comes shall + find so doing! + +024:047 In solemn truth I tell you that he will give him the management + of all his wealth. + +024:048 But if the man, being a bad servant, should say in his heart, + `My master is a long time in coming,' + +024:049 and should begin to beat his fellow servants, while he eats + and drinks with drunkards; + +024:050 the master of that servant will arrive on a day when he is not + expecting him and at an hour of which he has not been informed; + +024:051 he will treat him with the utmost severity and assign him + a place among the hypocrites: there will be the weeping + and the gnashing of teeth. + +025:001 "Then will the Kingdom of the Heavens be found to be like + ten bridesmaids who took their torches and went out to + meet the bridegroom. + +025:002 Five of them were foolish and five were wise. + +025:003 For the foolish, when they took their torches, did not provide + themselves with oil; + +025:004 but the wise, besides their torches, took oil in their flasks. + +025:005 The bridegroom was a long time in coming, so that meanwhile + they all became drowsy and fell asleep. + +025:006 But at midnight there is a loud cry, "`The bridegroom! + Go out and meet him!' + +025:007 "Then all those bridesmaids roused themselves and + trimmed their torches. + +025:008 "`Give us some of your oil,' said the foolish ones to the wise, + `for our torches are going out.' + +025:009 "`But perhaps,' replied the wise, `there will not be enough for all + of us. Go to the shops rather, and buy some for yourselves.' + +025:010 "So they went to buy. But meanwhile the bridegroom came; + those bridesmaids who were ready went in with him to the + wedding banquet; and the door was shut. + +025:011 "Afterwards the other bridesmaids came and cried, "`Sir, Sir, + open the door to us.' + +025:012 "`In solemn truth I tell you,' he replied, `I do not know you.' + +025:013 "Keep awake therefore; for you know neither the day nor the hour. + +025:014 "Why, it is like a man who, when going on his travels, + called his bondservants and entrusted his property to their care. + +025:015 To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one-- + to each according to his individual capacity; and then + started from home. + +025:016 Without delay the one who had received the five talents went + and employed them in business, and gained five more. + +025:017 In the same way he who had the two gained two more. + +025:018 But the man who had received the one went and dug a hole + and buried his master's money. + +025:019 "After a long lapse of time the master of those servants returned, + and had a reckoning with them. + +025:020 The one who had received the five talents came and brought five more, + and said, "`Sir, it was five talents that you entrusted to me: + see, I have gained five more.' + +025:021 "`You have done well, good and trustworthy servant,' + replied his master; `you have been trustworthy in the + management of a little, I will put you in charge of much: + share your master's joy.' + +025:022 "The second, who had received the two talents, came and said, + "`Sir, it was two talents you entrusted to me: see, I have + gained two more.' + +025:023 "`Good and trustworthy servant, you have done well,' + his master replied; `you have been trustworthy in the + management of a little, I will put you in charge of much: + share your master's joy.' + +025:024 "But, next, the man who had the one talent in his keeping came + and said, "`Sir, I knew you to be a severe man, reaping where + you had not sown and garnering what you had not winnowed. + +025:025 So being afraid I went and buried your talent in the ground: + there you have what belongs to you.' + +025:026 "`You wicked and slothful servant,' replied his master, + `did you know that I reap where I have not sown, and garner + what I have not winnowed? + +025:027 Your duty then was to deposit my money in some bank, and so when I + came I should have got back my property with interest. + +025:028 So take away the talent from him, and give it to the man + who has the ten.' + +025:029 (For to every one who has, more shall be given, and he shall + have abundance; but from him who has nothing, even what he has + shall be taken away.) + +025:030 `But as for this worthless servant, put him out into + the darkness outside: *there* will be the weeping and + the gnashing of teeth.' + +025:031 "When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels + with Him, then will He sit upon His glorious throne, + +025:032 and all the nations will be gathered into His presence. + And He will separate them from one another, just as a shepherd + separates the sheep from the goats; + +025:033 and will make the sheep stand at His right hand, and the goats + at His left. + +025:034 "Then the King will say to those at His right, "`Come, my Father's + blessed ones, receive your inheritance of the Kingdom which + has been divinely intended for you ever since the creation + of the world. + +025:035 For when I was hungry, you gave me food; when I was thirsty, + you gave me drink; when I was homeless, you gave me a welcome; + +025:036 when I was ill-clad, you clothed me; when I was sick, + you visited me; when I was in prison, you came to see me.' + +025:037 "`When, Lord,' the righteous will reply, `did we see Thee hungry, + and feed Thee; or thirsty, and give Thee drink? + +025:038 When did we see Thee homeless, and give Thee a welcome? or ill-clad, + and clothe Thee? + +025:039 When did we see Thee sick or in prison, and come to see Thee?' + +025:040 "But the King will answer them, "`In solemn truth I tell you that + in so far as you rendered such services to one of the humblest + of these my brethren, you rendered them to myself.' + +025:041 "Then will He say to those at His left, "`Begone from me, + with the curse resting upon you, into the Fire of the Ages, + which has been prepared for the Devil and his angels. + +025:042 For when I was hungry, you gave me nothing to eat; when thirsty, + you gave me nothing to drink; + +025:043 when homeless, you gave me no welcome; ill-clad, you clothed me not; + sick or in prison, you visited me not.' + +025:044 "Then will they also answer, "`Lord, when did we see Thee hungry + or thirsty or homeless or ill-clad or sick or in prison, + and not come to serve Thee?' + +025:045 "But he will reply, "`In solemn truth I tell you that in so far + as you withheld such services from one of the humblest of these, + you withheld them from me.' + +025:046 "And these shall go away into the Punishment of the Ages, + but the righteous into the Life of the Ages." + +026:001 When Jesus had ended all these discourses, He said to His disciples, + +026:002 "You know that in two days' time the Passover comes. + And the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified." + +026:003 Then the High Priests and Elders of the People assembled + in the court of the palace of the High Priest Caiaphas, + +026:004 and consulted how to get Jesus into their power by stratagem + and put Him to death. + +026:005 But they said, "Not during the Festival, lest there be a riot + among the people." + +026:006 Now when Jesus was come to Bethany and was at the house + of Simon the Leper, + +026:007 a woman came to Him with a jar of very costly, sweet-scented ointment, + which she poured over His head as He reclined at table. + +026:008 "Why such waste?" indignantly exclaimed the disciples; + +026:009 "for this might have been sold for a considerable sum, + and the money given to the poor." + +026:010 But Jesus heard it, and said to them, "Why are you vexing her? + For she has done a most gracious act towards me. + +026:011 The poor you always have with you, but me you have not always. + +026:012 In pouring this ointment over me, her object was to prepare + me for burial. + +026:013 In solemn truth I tell you that wherever in the whole world + this Good News shall be proclaimed, this deed of hers shall + be spoken of in memory of her." + +026:014 At that time one of the Twelve, the one called Judas Iscariot, + went to the High Priests + +026:015 and said, "What are you willing to give me if I betray him to you?" + So they weighed out to him thirty shekels, + +026:016 and from that moment he was on the look out for an opportunity + to betray Him. + +026:017 On the first day of the Unleavened Bread the disciples came + to Jesus with the question, "Where shall we make preparations + for you to eat the Passover?" + +026:018 "Go into the city," He replied, "to a certain man, and tell him, + `The Teacher says, My time is close at hand. It is at your + house that I shall keep the Passover with my disciples.'" + +026:019 The disciples did as Jesus directed them, and got the Passover ready. + +026:020 When evening came, He was at table with the twelve disciples, + +026:021 and the meal was proceeding, when Jesus said, "In solemn truth + I tell you that one of you will betray me." + +026:022 Intensely grieved they began one after another to ask Him, "Can it + be I, Master?" + +026:023 "The one who has dipped his fingers in the bowl with me," + He answered, "is the man who will betray me. + +026:024 The Son of Man is indeed going as is written concerning Him; + but alas for that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! + It had been a happy thing for that man if he had never been born." + +026:025 Then Judas, the disciple who was betraying Him, asked, "Can it + be I, Rabbi?" "It is you," He replied. + +026:026 During the meal Jesus took a Passover biscuit, blessed it and + broke it. He then gave it to the disciples, saying, "Take this + and eat it: it is my body." + +026:027 And He took the cup and gave thanks, and gave it to them saying, + "Drink from it, all of you; + +026:028 for this is my blood which is to be poured out for many for + the remission of sins--the blood which ratifies the Covenant. + +026:029 I tell you that I will never again take the produce of the vine + till that day when I shall drink the new wine with you + in my Father's Kingdom." + +026:030 So they sang the hymn and went out to the Mount of Olives. + +026:031 Then said Jesus, "This night all of you will stumble and fail + in your fidelity to me; for it is written, `I will strike + the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered + in all directions.' + +026:032 But after I have risen to life again I will go before + you into Galilee." + +026:033 "All may stumble and fail," said Peter, "but I never will." + +026:034 "In solemn truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "that this very night, + before the cock crows, you will three times disown me." + +026:035 "Even if I must die with you," declared Peter, "I will never + disown you." In like manner protested all the disciples. + +026:036 Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane. + And He said to the disciples, "Sit down here, whilst I go + yonder and there pray." + +026:037 And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zabdi. + Then He began to be full of anguish and distress, + +026:038 and He said to them, "My soul is crushed with anguish to + the very point of death; wait here, and keep awake with me." + +026:039 Going forward a short distance He fell on His face and prayed. + "My Father," He said, "if it is possible, let this cup pass away + from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as Thou willest." + +026:040 Then He came to the disciples and found them asleep, and He + said to Peter, "Alas, none of you could keep awake with me + for even a single hour! + +026:041 Keep awake, and pray that you may not enter into temptation: + the spirit is right willing, but the body is frail." + +026:042 Again a second time He went away and prayed, saying, "My Father, + if it is impossible for this cup to pass without my drinking it, + Thy will be done." + +026:043 He came and again found them asleep, for they were very tired. + +026:044 So He left them, and went away once more and prayed a third time, + again using the same words. + +026:045 Then He came to the disciples and said, "Sleep on and rest. + See, the moment is close at hand when the Son of Man is to be + betrayed into the hands of sinful men. + +026:046 Rouse yourselves. Let us be going. My betrayer is close at hand." + +026:047 He had scarcely finished speaking when Judas came-- + one of the Twelve--accompanied by a great crowd of men armed + with swords and bludgeons, sent by the High Priests and Elders + of the People. + +026:048 Now the betrayer had agreed upon a sign with them, to direct them. + He had said, "The one whom I kiss is the man: + lay hold of him." + +026:049 So he went straight to Jesus and said, "Peace to you, Rabbi!" And he + kissed Him eagerly. + +026:050 "Friend," said Jesus, "carry out your intention." Then they + came and laid their hands on Jesus and seized Him firmly. + +026:051 But one of those with Jesus drew his sword and struck + the High Priest's servant, cutting off his ear. + +026:052 "Put back your sword again," said Jesus, "for all who draw + the sword shall perish by the sword. + +026:053 Or do you suppose I cannot entreat my Father and He would + instantly send to my help more than twelve legions of angels? + +026:054 In that case how are the Scriptures to be fulfilled which declare + that thus it must be?" + +026:055 Then said Jesus to the crowds, "Have you come out as if to fight + with a robber, with swords and bludgeons to apprehend me? + Day after day I have been sitting teaching in the Temple, + and you did not arrest me. + +026:056 But all this has taken place in order that the writings of + the Prophets may be fulfilled." At this point the disciples + all left Him and fled. + +026:057 But the officers who had laid hold of Jesus led Him away + to Caiaphas the High Priest, at whose house the Scribes + and the Elders had assembled. + +026:058 And Peter kept following Him at a distance, till he came even + to the court of the High Priest's palace, where he entered + and sat down among the officers to see the issue. + +026:059 Meanwhile the High Priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking + false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death; + +026:060 but they could find none, although many false witnesses came forward. + At length there came two + +026:061 who testified, "This man said, `I am able to pull down the Sanctuary + of God and three days afterwards to build a new one.'" + +026:062 Then the High Priest stood up and asked Him, "Have you + no answer to make? What is it these men are saying in + evidence against you?" + +026:063 Jesus however remained silent. Again the High Priest addressed Him. + "In the name of the ever-living God," he said, "I now put + you on your oath. Tell us whether you are the Christ, + the Son of God." + +026:064 "I am He," replied Jesus. "But I tell you that, later on, + you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand + of Omnipotence, and coming on the clouds of the sky." + +026:065 Then the High Priest tore his robes and exclaimed, "Impious language! + What further need have we of witnesses! See, you have now + heard the impiety. + +026:066 What is your verdict?" "He deserves to die," they replied. + +026:067 Then they spat in His face, and struck Him--some with the fist, + some with the open hand-- + +026:068 while they taunted Him, saying, "Christ, prove yourself + a Prophet by telling us who it was that struck you." + +026:069 Peter meanwhile was sitting outside in the court of the palace, + when one of the maidservants came over to him and said, + "You too were with Jesus the Galilaean." + +026:070 He denied it before them all, saying, "I do not know + what you mean." + +026:071 Soon afterwards he went out and stood in the gateway, + when another girl saw him, and said, addressing the people there, + "This man was with Jesus the Nazarene." + +026:072 Again he denied it with an oath. "I do not know the man," he said. + +026:073 A short time afterwards the people standing there came + and said to Peter, "Certainly you too are one of them, + for your brogue shows it." + +026:074 Then with curses and oaths he declared, "I do not know the man." + Immediately a cock crowed, + +026:075 and Peter recollected the words of Jesus, how He had said, + "Before the cock crows you will three times disown me." + And he went out and wept aloud, bitterly. + +027:001 When morning came all the High Priests and the Elders of the people + consulted together against Jesus to put Him to death; + +027:002 and binding Him they led Him away and handed Him over to + Pilate the Governor. + +027:003 Then when Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that He was condemned, + smitten with remorse he brought back the thirty shekels + to the High Priests and Elders + +027:004 and said, "I have sinned, in betraying to death one who + is innocent." "What does that matter to us?" they replied; + it is your business." + +027:005 Flinging the shekels into the Sanctuary he left the place, + and went and hanged himself. + +027:006 When the High Priests had gathered up the money they said, + "It is illegal to put it into the Treasury, because it is + the price of blood." + +027:007 So after consulting together they spent the money in the purchase + of the Potter's Field as a burial place for people not belonging + to the city; + +027:008 for which reason that piece of ground received the name, + which it still bears, of `the Field of Blood.' + +027:009 Then were fulfilled the words spoken by the Prophet Jeremiah, "And I + took the thirty shekels, the price of the prized one on whom + Israelites had set a price, + +027:010 and gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord directed me." + +027:011 Meanwhile Jesus was brought before the Governor, and the latter + put the question, "Are you the King of the Jews?" "I am + their King," He answered. + +027:012 When however the High Priests and the Elders kept bringing + their charges against Him, He said not a word in reply. + +027:013 "Do you not hear," asked Pilate, "what a mass of evidence they + are bringing against you?" + +027:014 But He made no reply to a single accusation, so that the Governor + was greatly astonished. + +027:015 "Now it was the Governor's custom at the Festival to release + some one prisoner, whomsoever the populace desired; + +027:016 and at this time they had a notorious prisoner called Barabbas. + +027:017 So when they were now assembled Pilate appealed to them. + "Whom shall I release to you," he said, "Barabbas, or Jesus + the so-called Christ?" + +027:018 For he knew that it was from envious hatred that Jesus had been + brought before him. + +027:019 While he was sitting on the tribunal a message came to him + from his wife. "Have nothing to do with that innocent man," + she said, "for during the night I have suffered terribly + in a dream through him." + +027:020 The High Priests, however, and the Elders urged the crowd + to ask for Barabbas and to demand the death of Jesus. + +027:021 So when the Governor a second time asked them, "Which of the two + shall I release to you?"--they cried, "Barabbas!" + +027:022 "What then," said Pilate, "shall I do with Jesus, + the so-called Christ?" With one voice they shouted, + "Let him be crucified!" + +027:023 "Why, what crime has he committed?" asked Pilate. + But they kept on furiously shouting, "Let him be crucified!" + +027:024 So when he saw that he could gain nothing, but that on the contrary + there was a riot threatening, he called for water and washed + his hands in sight of them all, saying, "I am not responsible + for this murder: you must answer for it." + +027:025 "His blood," replied all the people, "be on us and on our children!" + +027:026 Then he released Barabbas to them, but Jesus he ordered + to be scourged, and gave Him up to be crucified. + +027:027 Then the Governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, + and called together the whole battalion to make sport of Him. + +027:028 Stripping off His garments, they put on Him a general's + short crimson cloak. + +027:029 They twisted a wreath of thorny twigs and put it on His head, + and they put a sceptre of cane in His right hand, and kneeling + to Him they shouted in mockery, "Long live the King of the Jews!" + +027:030 Then they spat upon Him, and taking the cane they repeatedly + struck Him on the head with it. + +027:031 At last, having finished their sport, they took off the cloak, + clothed Him again in His own garments, and led Him + away for crucifixion. + +027:032 Going out they met a Cyrenaean named Simon; whom they compelled + to carry His cross, + +027:033 and so they came to a place called Golgotha, + which means `Skull-ground.' + +027:034 Here they gave Him a mixture of wine and gall to drink, + but having tasted it He refused to drink it. + +027:035 After crucifying Him, they divided His garments among them by lot, + +027:036 and sat down there on guard. + +027:037 Over His head they placed a written statement of the charge + against Him: THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. + +027:038 At the same time two robbers were crucified with Him, + one at His right hand and the other at His left. + +027:039 And the passers-by reviled Him. They shook their heads at Him + +027:040 and said, "You who would pull down the Sanctuary and build a new + one within three days, save yourself. If you are God's Son, + come down from the cross." + +027:041 In like manner the High Priests also, together with the Scribes + and the Elders, taunted Him. + +027:042 "He saved others," they said, "himself he cannot save! + He is the King of Israel! Let him now come down from the cross, + and we will believe in him. + +027:043 His trust is in God: let God deliver him now, if He will have him; + for he said, `I am God's Son.'" + +027:044 Insults of the same kind were heaped on Him even by the robbers + who were being crucified with Him. + +027:045 Now from noon until three o'clock in the afternoon there was + darkness over the whole land; + +027:046 but about three o'clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice, + "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?" that is to say, "My God, My God, + why hast Thou forsaken me?" + +027:047 "The man is calling for Elijah," said some of the bystanders. + +027:048 One of them ran forthwith, and filling a sponge with sour wine + put it on the end of a cane and offered it Him to drink; + +027:049 while the rest said, "Let us see whether Elijah is coming + to deliver him." + +027:050 But Jesus uttered another loud cry and then yielded up His spirit. + +027:051 Immediately the curtain of the Sanctuary was torn in two from + top to bottom: the earth quaked; the rocks split; + +027:052 the tombs opened; and many of God's people who were asleep + in death awoke. + +027:053 And coming out of their tombs after Christ's resurrection they + entered the holy city and showed themselves to many. + +027:054 As for the Captain and the soldiers who were with Him keeping + guard over Jesus, when they witnessed the earthquake + and the other occurrences they were filled with terror, + and exclaimed, "Assuredly he was God's Son." + +027:055 And there were a number of women there looking on from + a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee ministering + to His necessities; + +027:056 among them being Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James + and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zabdi. + +027:057 Towards sunset there came a wealthy inhabitant of Arimathaea, + named Joseph, who himself also had become a disciple of Jesus. + +027:058 He went to Pilate and begged to have the body of Jesus, + and Pilate ordered it to be given to him. + +027:059 So Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean sheet + of fine linen. + +027:060 He then laid it in his own new tomb which he had hewn in the + solid rock, and after rolling a great stone against the door + of the tomb he went home. + +027:061 Mary of Magdala and the other Mary were both present there, + sitting opposite to the sepulchre. + +027:062 On the next day, the day after the Preparation, the High Priests + and the Pharisees came in a body to Pilate. + +027:063 "Sir," they said, "we recollect that during his lifetime + that impostor pretended that after two days he was to rise + to life again. + +027:064 So give orders for the sepulchre to be securely guarded till + the third day, for fear his disciples should come by night + and steal the body, and then tell the people that he has come + back to life; and so the last imposture will be more serious + than the first." + +027:065 "You can have a guard," said Pilate: "go and make all safe, + as best you can." + +027:066 So they went and made the sepulchre secure, sealing the stone + besides setting the guard. + +028:001 After the Sabbath, in the early dawn of the first day of the week, + Mary of Magdala and the other Mary came to see the sepulchre. + +028:002 But to their amazement there had been a great earthquake; + for an angel of the Lord had descended from Heaven, and had + come and rolled back the stone, and was sitting upon it. + +028:003 His appearance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow. + +028:004 For fear of him the guards trembled violently, and became + like dead men. + +028:005 But the angel said to the women, "As for you, dismiss your fears. + I know that it is Jesus that you are looking for-- + the crucified One. + +028:006 He is not here: He has come back to life, as He foretold. + Come and see the place where He lay. + +028:007 And go quickly and tell His disciples that He has risen + from the dead and is going before you into Galilee: + there you shall see Him. Remember, I have told you." + +028:008 They quickly left the tomb and ran, still terrified but full + of unspeakable joy, to carry the news to His disciples. + +028:009 And then suddenly they saw Jesus coming to meet them. + "Peace be to you," He said. And they came and clasped His feet, + bowing to the ground before Him. + +028:010 Then He said, "Dismiss all fear! Go and take word to my brethren + to go into Galilee, and there they shall see me." + +028:011 While they went on this errand, some of the guards came + into the city and reported to the High Priests every detail + of what had happened. + +028:012 So the latter held a conference with the Elders, and after + consultation with them they heavily bribed the soldiers, + +028:013 telling them to say, "His disciples came during the night + and stole his body while we were asleep." + +028:014 "And if this," they added, "is reported to the Governor, + we will satisfy him and screen you from punishment." + +028:015 So they took the money and did as they were instructed; + and this story was noised about among the Jews, and is current + to this day. + +028:016 As for the eleven disciples, they proceeded into Galilee, + to the hill where Jesus had arranged to meet them. + +028:017 There they saw Him and prostrated themselves before Him. + Yet some doubted. + +028:018 Jesus however came near and said to them, "All power in Heaven + and over the earth has been given to me. + +028:019 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations; + baptize them into the name of the Father, and of the Son, + and of the Holy Spirit; + +028:020 and teach them to obey every command which I have given you. + And remember, I am with you always, day by day, until the Close + of the Age." + + + + + + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Weymouth New Testament in Modern +Speech, Matthew, by R. 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David (by Uriah's widow) + was the father of Solomon; +001:007 Solomon of Rehoboam; Rehoboam of Abijah; Abijah of Asa; +001:008 Asa of Jehoshaphat; Jehoshaphat of Jehoram; Jehoram of Uzziah; +001:009 Uzziah of Jotham; Jotham of Ahaz; Ahaz of Hezekiah; +001:010 Hezekiah of Manasseh; Manasseh of Amon; Amon of Josiah; +001:011 Josiah of Jeconiah and his brothers at the period of the + Removal to Babylon. +001:012 After the Removal to Babylon Jeconiah had a son Shealtiel; Shealtiel + was the father of Zerubbabel; +001:013 Zerubbabel of Abiud; Abiud of Eliakim; Eliakim of Azor; +001:014 Azor of Zadok; Zadok of Achim; Achim of Eliud; +001:015 Eliud of Eleazar; Eleazar of Matthan; Matthan of Jacob; +001:016 and Jacob of Joseph the husband of Mary, who was the mother + of JESUS who is called CHRIST. +001:017 There are therefore, in all, fourteen generations from Abraham + to David; fourteen from David to the Removal to Babylon; + and fourteen from the Removal to Babylon to the Christ. +001:018 The circumstances of the birth of Jesus Christ were these. + After his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they + were united in marriage, she was found to be with child + through the Holy Spirit. +001:019 But Joseph her husband, being a kind-hearted man and unwilling + publicly to disgrace her, had determined to release her + privately from the betrothal. +001:020 But while he was contemplating this step, an angel of the Lord + appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph, son of David, + do not be afraid to bring home your wife Mary, for she is + with child through the Holy Spirit. +001:021 She will give birth to a Son, and you are to call His name + JESUS for He it is who will save His People from their sins." +001:022 All this took place in fulfilment of what the Lord had spoken + through the Prophet, +001:023 "Mark! The maiden will be with child and will give birth to a son, + and they will call His name Immanuel"--a word which signifies + `God with us'. +001:024 When Joseph awoke, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded, + and brought home his wife, +001:025 but did not live with her until she had given birth to a son. + The child's name he called JESUS. +002:001 Now after the birth of Jesus, which took place at Bethlehem + in Judaea in the reign of King Herod, excitement was produced + in Jerusalem by the arrival of certain Magi from the east, +002:002 inquiring, "Where is the newly born king of the Jews? For we + have seen his Star in the east, and have come here to + do him homage." +002:003 Reports of this soon reached the king, and greatly agitated + not only him but all the people of Jerusalem. +002:004 So he assembled all the High Priests and Scribes of the people, + and anxiously asked them where the Christ was to be born. +002:005 "At Bethlehem in Judaea," they replied; "for so it stands + written in the words of the Prophet, +002:006 "`And thou, Bethlehem in the land of Judah, by no means the least + honorable art thou among princely places in Judah! For from + thee shall come a prince--one who shall be the Shepherd + of My People Israel.'" +002:007 Thereupon Herod sent privately for the Magi and ascertained + from them the exact time of the star's appearing. +002:008 He then directed them to go to Bethlehem, adding, "Go and make + careful inquiry about the child, and when you have found him, + bring me word, that I too may come and do him homage." +002:009 After hearing what the king said, they went to Bethlehem, while, + strange to say, the star they had seen in the east led them + on until it came and stood over the place where the babe was. +002:010 When they saw the star, the sight filled them with intense joy. +002:011 So they entered the house; and when they saw the babe with His + mother Mary, they prostrated themselves and did Him homage, + and opening their treasure-chests offered gifts to Him-- + gold, frankincense, and myrrh. +002:012 But being forbidden by God in a dream to return to Herod, + they went back to their own country by a different route. +002:013 When they were gone, and angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph + in a dream and said, "Rise: take the babe and His mother + and escape to Egypt, and remain there till I bring you word. + For Herod is about to make search for the child in order + to destroy Him." +002:014 So Joseph roused himself and took the babe and His mother + by night and departed into Egypt. +002:015 There he remained till Herod's death, that what the Lord had + said through the Prophet might be fulfilled, "Out of Egypt I + called My Son." +002:016 Then Herod, finding that the Magi had trifled with him, was furious, + and sent and massacred all the boys under two years of age, + in Bethlehem and all its neighbourhood, according to the date + he had so carefully ascertained from the Magi. +002:017 Then were these words, spoken by the Prophet Jeremiah, fulfilled, +002:018 "A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing and bitter lamentation: + It was Rachel bewailing her children, and she refused to be + comforted because there were no more." +002:019 But after Herod's death an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream + to Joseph in Egypt, and said to him, +002:020 "Rise from sleep, and take the child and His mother, and go + into the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the child's + life are dead." +002:021 So he roused himself and took the child and His mother and came + into the land of Israel. +002:022 But hearing that Archelaus had succeeded his father Herod + on the throne of Judaea, he was afraid to go there; and being + instructed by God in a dream he withdrew into Galilee, +002:023 and went and settled in a town called Nazareth, in order that + these words spoken through the Prophets might be fulfilled, + "He shall be called a Nazarene." +003:001 About this time John the Baptist made his appearance, + preaching in the Desert of Judaea. +003:002 "Repent," he said, "for the Kingdom of the Heavens is now + close at hand." +003:003 He it is who was spoken of through the Prophet Isaiah when he said, + "The voice of one crying aloud, `In the desert prepare ye + a road for the Lord: make His highway straight.'" +003:004 This man John wore a garment of camel's hair, and a loincloth + of leather; and he lived upon locusts and wild honey. +003:005 Then large numbers of people went out to him--people from Jerusalem + and from all Judaea, and from the whole of the Jordan valley-- +003:006 and were baptized by him in the Jordan, making full confession + of their sins. +003:007 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming + for baptism, he exclaimed, "O vipers' brood, who has warned + you to flee from the coming wrath? +003:008 Therefore let your lives prove your change of heart; +003:009 and do not imagine that you can say to yourselves, `We have + Abraham as our forefather,' for I tell you that God can raise + up descendants for Abraham from these stones. +003:010 And already the axe is lying at the root of the trees, + so that every tree which does not produce good fruit will + quickly be hewn down and thrown into the fire. +003:011 I indeed am baptizing you in water on a profession of repentance; + but He who is coming after me is mightier than I: His sandals + I am not worthy to carry for a moment; He will baptize you + in the Holy Spirit and in fire. +003:012 His winnowing-shovel is in His hand, and He will make a thorough + clearance of His threshing-floor, gathering His wheat into + the storehouse, but burning up the chaff in unquenchable fire." +003:013 Just at that time Jesus, coming from Galilee to the Jordan, + presents Himself to John to be baptized by him. +003:014 John protested. "It is I," he said, "who have need to be + baptized by you, and do you come to me?" +003:015 "Let it be so on this occasion," Jesus replied; "for so we + ought to fulfil every religious duty." Then he consented; +003:016 and Jesus was baptized, and immediately went up from the water. + At that moment the heavens opened, and he saw the Spirit + of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him, +003:017 while a voice came from Heaven, saying, "This is My Son, + the dearly loved, in whom is My delight." +004:001 At that time Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the Desert + in order to be tempted by the Devil. +004:002 There He fasted for forty days and nights; and after that He + suffered from hunger. +004:003 So the Tempter came and said, "If you are the Son of God, + command these stones to turn into loaves." +004:004 "It is written," replied Jesus, "`It is not on bread alone + that a man shall live, but on whatsoever God shall appoint.'" +004:005 Then the Devil took Him to the Holy City and caused Him to stand + on the roof of the Temple, +004:006 and said, "If you are God's Son, throw yourself down; for it + is written, "`To His angels He will give orders concerning thee, + and on their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any moment + thou shouldst strike thy foot against a stone.'" +004:007 "Again it is written," replied Jesus, "`Thou shalt not put + the Lord thy God to the proof.'" +004:008 Then the Devil took Him to the top of an exceedingly lofty mountain, + from which he caused Him to see all the Kingdoms of the world + and their splendour, +004:009 and said to Him, "All this I will give you, if you will kneel + down and do me homage." +004:010 "Begone, Satan!" Jesus replied; "for it is written, + `To the Lord thy God thou shalt do homage, and to Him alone + shalt thou render worship.'" +004:011 Thereupon the Devil left Him, and angels at once came and + ministered to Him. +004:012 Now when Jesus heard that John was thrown into prison, + He withdrew into Galilee, +004:013 and leaving Nazareth He went and settled at Capernaum, + a town by the Lake on the frontiers of Zebulun and Naphtali, +004:014 in order that these words, spoken through the Prophet Isaiah, + might be fulfilled, +004:015 "Zebulun's land and Naphtali's land; the road by the Lake; + the country beyond the Jordan; Galilee of the Nations! +004:016 The people who were dwelling in darkness have seen a brilliant light; + and on those who were dwelling in the region of the shadow + of death, on them light has dawned." +004:017 From that time Jesus began to preach. "Repent," He said, + "for the Kingdom of the Heavens is now close at hand." +004:018 And walking along the shore of the Lake of Galilee He saw + two brothers--Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew-- + throwing a drag-net into the Lake; for they were fishers. +004:019 And He said to them, "Come and follow me, and I will make you + fishers of men." +004:020 So they immediately left their nets and followed Him. + As He went further on, +004:021 He saw two other brothers, James the son of Zabdi and his + brother John, in the boat with their father Zabdi mending + their nets; and He called them. +004:022 And they at once left the boat and their father, and followed Him. +004:023 Then Jesus travelled through all Galilee, teaching in their + synagogues and proclaiming the Good News of the Kingdom, + and curing every kind of disease and infirmity among the people. +004:024 Thus His fame spread through all Syria; and they brought all + the sick to Him, the people who were suffering from various + diseases and pains--demoniacs, epileptics, paralytics; + and He cured them. +004:025 And great crowds followed Him, coming from Galilee, + from the Ten Towns, from Jerusalem, and from beyond the district + on the other side of the Jordan. +005:001 Seeing the multitude of people, Jesus went up the Hill. + There He seated Himself, and when His disciples came to Him, +005:002 He proceeded to teach them, and said: +005:003 "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for to them belongs the Kingdom + of the Heavens. +005:004 "Blessed are the mourners, for they shall be comforted. +005:005 "Blessed are the meek, for they as heirs shall obtain possession + of the earth. +005:006 "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, + for they shall be completely satisfied. +005:007 "Blessed are the compassionate, for they shall receive compassion. +005:008 "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. +005:009 "Blessed are the peacemakers, for it is they who will be + recognized as sons of God. +005:010 "Blessed are those who have borne persecution in the cause + of Righteousness, for to them belongs the Kingdom of the Heavens. +005:011 "Blessed are you when they have insulted and persecuted you, + and have said every cruel thing about you falsely for my sake. +005:012 Be joyful and triumphant, because your reward is great in the Heavens; + for so were the Prophets before you persecuted. +005:013 "*You* are the salt of the earth; but if salt has + become tasteless, in what way can it regain its saltness? + It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown away + and trodden on by the passers by. +005:014 *You* are the light of the world; a town cannot be hid if built + on a hill-top. +005:015 Nor is a lamp lighted to be put under a bushel, but on the lampstand; + and then it gives light to all in the house. +005:016 Just so let your light shine before all men, in order that they + may see your holy lives and may give glory to your Father + who is in Heaven. +005:017 "Do not for a moment suppose that I have come to abrogate + the Law or the Prophets: I have not come to abrogate them + but to give them their completion. +005:018 Solemnly I tell you that until Heaven and earth pass away, + not one iota or smallest detail will pass away from the Law + until all has taken place. +005:019 Whoever therefore breaks one of these least commandments and teaches + others to break them, will be called the least in the Kingdom + of the Heavens; but whoever practises them and teaches them, + he will be acknowledged as great in the Kingdom of the Heavens. +005:020 For I assure you that unless your righteousness greatly surpasses + that of the Scribes and the Pharisees, you will certainly + not find entrance into the Kingdom of the Heavens. +005:021 "You have heard that it was said to the ancients, `Thou shalt + not commit murder', and whoever commits murder will be answerable + to the magistrate. +005:022 But I say to you that every one who becomes angry with his + brother shall be answerable to the magistrate; that whoever says + to his brother `Raca,' shall be answerable to the Sanhedrin; + and that whoever says, `You fool!' shall be liable to the + Gehenna of Fire. +005:023 If therefore when you are offering your gift upon the altar, + you remember that your brother has a grievance against you, +005:024 leave your gift there before the altar, and go and make + friends with your brother first, and then return and proceed + to offer your gift. +005:025 Come to terms without delay with your opponent while you + are yet with him on the way to the court; for fear + he should obtain judgement from the magistrate against you, + and the magistrate should give you in custody to the officer + and you be thrown into prison. +005:026 I solemnly tell you that you will certainly not be released + till you have paid the very last farthing. +005:027 "You have heard that it was said, `Thou shalt not commit adultery.' +005:028 But I tell you that whoever looks at a woman and cherishes + lustful thoughts has already in his heart become guilty + with regard to her. +005:029 If therefore your eye, even the right eye, is a snare to you, + tear it out and away with it; it is better for you that one + member should be destroyed rather than that your whole body + should be thrown into Gehenna. +005:030 And if your right hand is a snare to you, cut it off and away with it; + it is better for you that one member should be destroyed + rather than that your whole body should go into Gehenna. +005:031 "It was also said, `If any man puts away his wife, let him + give her a written notice of divorce.' +005:032 But I tell you that every man who puts away his wife except + on the ground of unfaithfulness causes her to commit adultery, + and whoever marries her when so divorced commits adultery. +005:033 "Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients, + `Thou shalt not swear falsely, but shalt perform thy vows + to the Lord.' +005:034 But I tell you not to swear at all; neither by Heaven, + for it is God's throne; +005:035 nor by the earth, for it is the footstool under His feet; + nor by Jerusalem, for it is the City of the Great King. +005:036 And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make one hair + white or black. +005:037 But let your language be, `Yes, yes,' or `No, no.' + Anything in excess of this comes from the Evil one. +005:038 "You have heard that it was said, `Eye for eye, tooth for tooth.' +005:039 But I tell you not to resist a wicked man, but if any one strikes + you on the right cheek, turn the other to him as well. +005:040 If any one wishes to go to law with you and to deprive you + of your under garment, let him take your outer one also. +005:041 And whoever shall compel you to convey his goods one mile, + go with him two. +005:042 To him who asks, give: from him who would borrow, turn not away. +005:043 "You have heard that it was said, `Thou shalt love thy neighbour + and hate thine enemy.' +005:044 But I command you all, love your enemies, and pray + for your persecutors; +005:045 that so you may become true sons of your Father in Heaven; + for He causes His sun to rise on the wicked as well as the good, + and sends rain upon those who do right and those who do wrong. +005:046 For if you love only those who love you, what reward have you earned? + Do not even the tax-gatherers do that? +005:047 And if you salute only your near relatives, what praise is due + to you? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? +005:048 You however are to be complete in goodness, as your + Heavenly Father is complete. +006:001 "But beware of doing your good actions in the sight of men, + in order to attract their gaze; if you do, there is no reward + for you with your Father who is in Heaven. +006:002 `When you give in charity, never blow a trumpet before you + as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and streets in order + that their praises may be sung by men. I solemnly tell you + that they already have their reward. +006:003 But when you are giving in charity, let not your left hand + perceive what your right hand is doing, +006:004 that your charities may be in secret; and then your Father--He who + sees in secret--will recompense you. +006:005 "And when praying, you must not be like the hypocrites. + They are fond of standing and praying in the synagogues or at + the corners of the wider streets, in order that men may see them. + I solemnly tell you that they already have their reward. +006:006 But you, whenever you pray, go into your own room and shut + the door: then pray to your Father who is in secret, + and your Father--He who sees in secret--will recompense you. +006:007 "And when praying, do not use needless repetitions as the + Gentiles do, for they expect to be listened to because of their + multitude of words. +006:008 Do not, however, imitate them; for your Father knows what things + you need before ever you ask Him. +006:009 "In this manner therefore pray: `Our Father who art in Heaven, + may Thy name be kept holy; +006:010 let Thy kingdom come; let Thy will be done, as in Heaven + so on earth; +006:011 give us to-day our bread for the day; +006:012 and forgive us our shortcomings, as we also have forgiven + those who have failed in their duty towards us; +006:013 and bring us not into temptation, but rescue us from the Evil one.' +006:014 "For if you forgive others their offences, your Heavenly Father + will forgive you also; +006:015 but if you do not forgive others their offences, neither will + your Father forgive yours. +006:016 "When any of you fast, never assume gloomy looks as the + hypocrites do; for they disfigure their faces in order + that it may be evident to men that they are fasting. + I solemnly tell you that they already have their reward. +006:017 But, whenever you fast, pour perfume on your hair and + wash your face, +006:018 that it may not be apparent to men that you are fasting, + but to your Father who is in secret; and your Father--He who + sees in secret--will recompense you. +006:019 "Do not lay up stores of wealth for yourselves on earth, + where the moth and wear-and-tear destroy, and where thieves + break in and steal. +006:020 But amass wealth for yourselves in Heaven, where neither the moth + nor wear-and-tear destroys, and where thieves do not break + in and steal. +006:021 For where your wealth is, there also will your heart be. +006:022 "The eye is the lamp of the body. If then your eyesight is good, + your whole body will be well lighted; +006:023 but if your eyesight is bad, your whole body will be dark. + If however the very light within you is darkness, how dense + must the darkness be! +006:024 "No man can be the bondservant of two masters; for either + he will dislike one and like the other, or he will attach + himself to one and think slightingly of the other. + You cannot be the bondservants both of God and of gold. +006:025 For this reason I charge you not to be over-anxious about your lives, + inquiring what you are to eat or what you are to drink, nor yet + about your bodies, inquiring what clothes you are to put on. + Is not the life more precious than its food, and the body + than its clothing? +006:026 Look at the birds which fly in the air: they do not sow or reap + or store up in barns, but your Heavenly Father feeds them: + are not you of much greater value than they? +006:027 Which of you by being over-anxious can add a single foot + to his height? +006:028 And why be anxious about clothing? Learn a lesson from the + wild lilies. Watch their growth. They neither toil nor spin, +006:029 and yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his magnificence + could array himself like one of these. +006:030 And if God so clothes the wild herbage which to-day flourishes + and to-morrow is thrown into the oven, is it not much more + certain that He will clothe you, you men of little faith? +006:031 Do not be over-anxious, therefore, asking `What shall we eat?' + or `What shall we drink?' or `What shall we wear?' +006:032 For all these are questions that Gentiles are always asking; + but your Heavenly Father knows that you need these things-- + all of them. +006:033 But make His Kingdom and righteousness your chief aim, + and then these things shall all be given you in addition. +006:034 Do not be over-anxious, therefore, about to-morrow, + for to-morrow will bring its own cares. Enough for each day + are its own troubles. +007:001 "Judge not, that you may not be judged; +007:002 for your own judgement will be dealt--and your own + measure meted--to yourselves. +007:003 And why do you look at the splinter in your brother's eye, + and not notice the beam which is in your own eye? +007:004 Or how say to your brother, `Allow me to take the splinter + out of your eye,' while the beam is in your own eye? +007:005 Hypocrite, first take the beam out of your own eye, + and then you will see clearly how to remove the splinter + from your brother's eye. +007:006 "Give not that which is holy to the dogs, nor throw your pearls + to the swine; otherwise they will trample them under their + feet and then turn and attack you. +007:007 "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; + knock, and the door will be opened to you. +007:008 For it is always he who asks that receives, he who seeks that finds, + and he who knocks that has the door opened to him. +007:009 What man is there among you, who if his son shall ask him + for bread will offer him a stone? +007:010 Or if the son shall ask him for a fish will offer him a snake? +007:011 If you then, imperfect as you are, know how to give good gifts + to your children, how much more will your Father in Heaven + give good things to those who ask Him! +007:012 Everything, therefore, be it what it may, that you would + have men do to you, do you also the same to them; for in this + the Law and the Prophets are summed up. +007:013 "Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad the road + which leads to ruin, and many there are who enter by it; +007:014 because narrow is the gate and contracted the road which leads + to Life, and few are those who find it. +007:015 "Beware of the false teachers--men who come to you in sheep's fleeces, + but beneath that disguise they are ravenous wolves. +007:016 By their fruits you will easily recognize them. + Are grapes gathered from thorns or figs from brambles? +007:017 Just so every good tree produces good fruit, but a poisonous + tree produces bad fruit. +007:018 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor a poisonous tree good fruit. +007:019 Every tree which does not yield good fruit is cut down and thrown + aside for burning. +007:020 So by their fruits at any rate, you will easily recognize them. +007:021 "Not every one who says to me, `Master, Master,' will enter + the Kingdom of the Heavens, but only those who are obedient + to my Father who is in Heaven. +007:022 Many will say to me on that day, "`Master, Master, have we + not prophesied in Thy name, and in Thy name expelled demons, + and in Thy name performed many mighty works?' +007:023 "And then I will tell them plainly, "`I never knew you: + begone from me, you doers of wickedness.' +007:024 "Every one who hears these my teachings and acts upon them will + be found to resemble a wise man who builds his house upon rock; +007:025 and the heavy rain falls, the swollen torrents come, and the winds + blow and beat against the house; yet it does not fall, + for its foundation is on rock. +007:026 And every one who hears these my teachings and does not act + upon them will be found to resemble a fool who builds his + house upon sand. +007:027 The heavy rain descends, the swollen torrents come, + and the winds blow and burst upon the house, and it falls; + and disastrous is the fall." +007:028 When Jesus had concluded this discourse, the crowds were filled + with amazement at His teaching, +007:029 for He had been teaching them as one who had authority, + and not as their Scribes taught. +008:001 Upon descending from the hill country He was followed + by immense crowds. +008:002 And a leper came to Him, and throwing himself at His feet, + said, "Sir, if only you are willing you are able to cleanse me." +008:003 So Jesus put out His hand and touched him, and said, "I am willing: + be cleansed." Instantly he was cleansed from his leprosy; +008:004 and Jesus said to him, "Be careful to tell no one, but go + and show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift which Moses + appointed as evidence for them." +008:005 After His entry into Capernaum a Captain came to Him, + and entreated Him. +008:006 "Sir," he said, "my servant at home is lying ill with paralysis, + and is suffering great pain." +008:007 "I will come and cure him," said Jesus. +008:008 "Sir," replied the Captain, "I am not a fit person to receive + you under my roof: merely say the word, and my servant + will be cured. +008:009 For I myself am also under authority, and have soldiers under me. + To one I say `Go,' and he goes, to another `Come,' and he comes, + and to my slave `Do this or that,' and he does it." +008:010 Jesus listened to this reply, and was astonished, and said + to the people following Him, "I solemnly tell you that in no + Israelite have I found faith as great as this. +008:011 And I tell you that many will come from the east and from + the west and will recline at table with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob + in the Kingdom of the Heavens, +008:012 while the natural heirs of the Kingdom will be driven out + into the darkness outside: there will be the weeping aloud + and the gnashing of teeth." +008:013 And Jesus said to the Captain, "Go, and just as you have believed, + so be it for you." And the servant recovered precisely + at that time. +008:014 After this Jesus went to the house of Peter, whose mother-in-law + he found ill in bed with fever. +008:015 He touched her hand and the fever left her: and then she rose + and waited upon Him. +008:016 In the evening many demoniacs were brought to Him, and with + a word He expelled the demons; and He cured all the sick, +008:017 in order that this prediction of the Prophet Isaiah might + be fulfilled, "He took on Him our weaknesses, and bore + the burden of our diseases." +008:018 Seeing great crowds about Him Jesus had given directions + to cross to the other side of the Lake, +008:019 when a Scribe came and said to Him, "Teacher, I will follow + you wherever you go." +008:020 "Foxes have holes," replied Jesus, "and birds have nests; + but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head." +008:021 Another of the disciples said to Him, "Sir, allow me first to go + and bury my father." +008:022 "Follow me," said Jesus, "and leave the dead to bury + their own dead." +008:023 Then He went on board a fishing-boat, and His disciples followed Him. +008:024 But suddenly there arose a great storm on the Lake, so that + the waves threatened to engulf the boat; but He was asleep. +008:025 So they came and woke Him, crying, "Master, save us, + we are drowning!" +008:026 "Why are you so easily frightened," He replied, "you men of + little faith?" Then He rose and reproved the winds and the waves, + and there was a perfect calm; +008:027 and the men, filled with amazement, exclaimed, "What kind + of man is this? for the very winds and waves obey him!" +008:028 On His arrival at the other side, in the country of the Gadarenes, + there met Him two men possessed by demons, coming from among + the tombs: they were so dangerously fierce that no one was + able to pass that way. +008:029 They cried aloud, "What hast Thou to do with us, Thou Son + of God? Hast Thou come here to torment us before the time?" +008:030 Now at some distance from them a vast herd of swine were feeding. +008:031 So the demons entreated Him. "If Thou drivest us out," + they said, "send us into the herd of swine." +008:032 "Go," He replied. Then they came out from the men and went + into the swine, whereupon the entire herd instantly rushed + down the cliff into the Lake and perished in the water. +008:033 The swineherds fled, and went and told the whole story in the town, + including what had happened to the demoniacs. +008:034 So at once the whole population came out to meet Jesus; + and when they saw Him, they besought Him to leave their country. +009:001 Accordingly He went on board, and crossing over came to + His own town. +009:002 Here they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. + Seeing their faith Jesus said to the paralytic, "Take courage, + my child; your sins are pardoned." +009:003 "Such language is impious," said some of the Scribes + among themselves. +009:004 Knowing their thoughts Jesus said, "Why are you cherishing + evil thoughts in your hearts? +009:005 Why, which is easier?--to say, `Your sins are pardoned,' + or to say `Rise up and walk'? +009:006 But, to prove to you that the Son of Man has authority on earth + to pardon sins"--He then says to the paralytic, "Rise, and take + up your bed and go home." +009:007 And he got up, and went off home. +009:008 And the crowds were awe-struck when they saw it, and ascribed + the glory to God who had entrusted such power to a man. +009:009 Passing on thence Jesus saw a man called Matthew sitting + at the Toll Office, and said to him, "Follow me." + And he arose, and followed Him. +009:010 And while He was reclining at table, a large number of + tax-gathers and notorious sinners were of the party with Jesus + and His disciples. +009:011 The Pharisees noticed this, and they inquired of His disciples, + "Why does your Teacher eat with the tax-gatherers + and notorious sinners?" +009:012 He heard the question and replied, "It is not men in good health + who require a doctor, but the sick. +009:013 But go and learn what this means, `It is mercy that I desire, + not sacrifice'; for I did not come to appeal to the righteous, + but to sinners." +009:014 At that time John's disciples came and asked Jesus, "Why do we + and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not?" +009:015 "Can the bridegroom's party mourn," He replied, "as long + as the bridegroom is with them? But other days will come + (when the Bridegroom has been taken from them) and then + they will fast. +009:016 No one ever mends an old cloak with a patch of newly woven cloth. + Otherwise, the patch put on would tear away some of the old, + and a worse hole would be made. +009:017 Nor do people pour new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the skins + would split, the wine would escape, and the skins be destroyed. + But they put new wine into fresh skins, and both are saved." +009:018 While He was thus speaking, a Ruler came up and profoundly + bowing said, "My daughter is just dead; but come and put + your hand upon her and she will return to life." +009:019 And Jesus rose and followed him, as did also His disciples. +009:020 But a woman who for twelve years had been afflicted with haemorrhage + came behind Him and touched the tassel of His cloak; +009:021 for she said to herself, "If I but touch His cloak, + I shall be cured." +009:022 And Jesus turned and saw her, and said, "Take courage, daughter; + your faith has cured you." And the woman was restored + to health from that moment. +009:023 Entering the Ruler's house, Jesus saw the flute-players + and the crowd loudly wailing, +009:024 and He said, "Go out of the room; the little girl is not dead, + but asleep." And they laughed at Him. +009:025 When however the place was cleared of the crowd, Jesus went in, + and on His taking the little girl by the hand, she rose up. +009:026 And the report of this spread throughout all that district. +009:027 As Jesus passed on, two blind men followed Him, shouting and saying, + "Pity us, Son of David." +009:028 And when He had gone indoors, they came to Him. + "Do you believe that I can do this?" He asked them. + "Yes, Sir," they replied. +009:029 So He touched their eyes and said, "According to your faith + let it be to you." +009:030 Then their eyes were opened. And assuming a stern tone Jesus + said to them, "Be careful to let no one know." +009:031 But they went out and published His fame in all that district. +009:032 And as they were leaving His presence a dumb demoniac was + brought to Him. +009:033 When the demon was expelled, the dumb man could speak. + And the crowds exclaimed in astonishment, "Never was such + a thing seen in Israel." +009:034 But the Pharisees maintained, "It is by the power of the Prince + of the demons that he drives out the demons." +009:035 And Jesus continued His circuits through all the towns and + the villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming + the Good News of the Kingdom, and curing every kind of + disease and infirmity. +009:036 And when He saw the crowds He was touched with pity for them, + because they were distressed and were fainting on the ground + like sheep which have no shepherd. +009:037 Then He said to His disciples, "The harvest is abundant, + but the reapers are few; +009:038 therefore entreat the Owner of the Harvest to send out reapers + into His fields." +010:001 Then He called to Him His twelve disciples and gave them + authority over foul spirits, to drive them out; and to cure + every kind of disease and infirmity. +010:002 Now the names of the twelve Apostles were these: first, Simon + called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James the son of Zabdi, + and his brother John; +010:003 Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax-gatherer, + James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; +010:004 Simon the Cananaean, and Judas the Iscariot, who also betrayed Him. +010:005 These twelve Jesus sent on a mission, after giving them + their instructions: "Go not," He said, "among the Gentiles, + and enter no Samaritan town; +010:006 but, instead of that, go to the lost sheep of Israel's race. +010:007 And as you go, preach and say, `The Kingdom of the Heavens + is close at hand.' +010:008 Cure the sick, raise the dead to life, cleanse lepers, + drive out demons: you have received without payment, + give without payment. +010:009 "Provide no gold, nor even silver nor copper to carry + in your pockets; +010:010 no bag for your journey, nor change of linen, nor shoes, + nor stick; for the labourer deserves his food. +010:011 "Whatever town or village you enter, inquire for some good man; + and make his house your home till you leave the place. +010:012 When you enter the house, salute it; +010:013 and if the house deserves it, the peace you invoke shall come + upon it. If not, your peace shall return to you. +010:014 And whoever refuses to receive you or even to listen to your Message, + as you leave that house or town, shake off the very dust + from your feet. +010:015 I solemnly tell you that it will be more endurable for the land + of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of Judgement than for that town. +010:016 "Remember it is I who am sending you out, as sheep into + the midst of wolves; prove yourselves as sagacious as serpents, + and as innocent as doves. +010:017 But beware of men; for they will deliver you up to appear + before Sanhedrins, and will flog you in their synagogues; +010:018 and you will even be put on trial before governors and kings + for my sake, to bear witness to them and to the Gentiles. +010:019 But when they have delivered you up, have no anxiety as to how + you shall speak or what you shall say; for at that very time + it shall be given you what to say; +010:020 for it is not you who will speak: it will be the Spirit + of your Father speaking through you. +010:021 Brother will betray brother to death, and father, child; + and children will rise against their own parents and will put + them to death. +010:022 And you will be objects of universal hatred because you + are called by my name; but he who holds out to the End-- + he will be saved. +010:023 Whenever they persecute you in one town, escape to the next; + for I solemnly tell you that you will not have gone the round + of all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes. +010:024 "The learner is never superior to his teacher, and the servant + is never superior to his master. +010:025 Enough for the learner to be on a level with his teacher, + and for the servant to be on a level with his master. + If they have called the master of the house Baal-zebul, + how much more will they slander his servants? +010:026 Fear them not, however; there is nothing veiled which will + not be uncovered, nor secret which will not become known. +010:027 What I tell you in the dark, speak in the light; and what is + whispered into your ear, proclaim upon the roofs of the houses. +010:028 "And do not fear those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul; + but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and + body in Gehenna. +010:029 Do not two sparrows sell for a halfpenny? Yet not one of them + will fall to the ground without your Father's leave. +010:030 But as for you, the very hairs on your heads are all numbered. +010:031 Away then with fear; you are more precious than a + multitude of sparrows. +010:032 "Every man who acknowledges me before men I also will acknowledge + before my Father who is in Heaven. +010:033 But whoever disowns me before men I also will disown before + my Father who is in Heaven. +010:034 "Do not suppose that I came to bring peace to the earth: + I did not come to bring peace but a sword. +010:035 For I came to set a man against his father, a daughter against + her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; +010:036 and a man's own family will be his foes. +010:037 Any one who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy + of me, and any one who loves son or daughter more than me + is not worthy of me; +010:038 and any one who does not take up his cross and follow where I + lead is not worthy of me. +010:039 To save your life is to lose it, and to lose your life for my + sake is to save it. +010:040 "Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me + receives Him who sent me. +010:041 Every one who receives a prophet, because he is a prophet, + will receive a prophet's reward, and every one who receives + a righteous man, because he is a righteous man, will receive + a righteous man's reward. +010:042 And whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold + water to drink because he is a disciple, I solemnly tell you + that he will not lose his reward." +011:001 When Jesus had concluded His instructions to His twelve disciples, + He left in order to teach and to proclaim His Message + in the neighbouring towns. +011:002 Now John had heard in prison about the Christ's doings, + and he sent some of his disciples to inquire: +011:003 "Are you the Coming One, or is it a different person that we + are to expect?" +011:004 "Go and report to John what you see and hear," replied Jesus; +011:005 "blind eyes receive sight, and cripples walk; lepers are cleansed, + and deaf ears hear; the dead are raised to life, and the poor + have the Good News proclaimed to them; +011:006 and blessed is every one who does not stumble and fall because + of my claims." +011:007 When the messengers had taken their leave, Jesus proceeded + to say to the multitude concerning John, "What did you go + out into the Desert to gaze at? A reed waving in the wind? +011:008 But what did you go out to see? A man luxuriously dressed? + Those who wear luxurious clothes are to be found in kings' palaces. +011:009 But why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, + and far more than a prophet. +011:010 This is he of whom it is written, "`See I am sending My messenger + before Thy face, and he will make Thy road ready before Thee.' +011:011 "I solemnly tell you that among all of woman born no + greater has ever been raised up than John the Baptist; + yet one who is of lower rank in the Kingdom of the Heavens + is greater than he. +011:012 But from the time of John the Baptist till now, the Kingdom + of the Heavens has been suffering violent assault, + and the violent have been seizing it by force. +011:013 For all the Prophets and the Law taught until John. +011:014 And (if you are willing to receive it) he is the Elijah + who was to come. +011:015 Listen, every one who has ears! +011:016 "But to what shall I compare the present generation? + It is like children sitting in the open places, who call + to their playmates. +011:017 "`We have played the flute to you,' they say, `and you + have not danced: we have sung dirges, and you have not + beaten your breasts.' +011:018 "For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, + `He has a demon.' +011:019 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they exclaim, + `See this man!--given to gluttony and tippling, + and a friend of tax-gatherers and notorious sinners!' + And yet Wisdom is vindicated by her actions." +011:020 Then began He to upbraid the towns where most of His mighty + works had been done--because they had not repented. +011:021 "Alas for thee, Chorazin!" He cried. "Alas for + thee, Bethsaida! For had the mighty works been done in Tyre + and Sidon which have been done in both of you, they would long + ere now have repented, covered with sackcloth and ashes. +011:022 Only I tell you that it will be more endurable for Tyre + and Sidon on the day of Judgement than for you. +011:023 And thou, Capernaum, shalt thou be exalted even to Heaven? Even to + Hades shalt thou descend. For had the mighty works been + done in Sodom which have been done in thee, it would have + remained until now. +011:024 Only I tell you all, that it will be more endurable for the land + of Sodom on the day of Judgement than for thee." +011:025 About that time Jesus exclaimed, "I heartily praise + Thee, Father, Lord of Heaven and of earth, that Thou hast + hidden these things from sages and men of discernment, + and hast unveiled them to babes. +011:026 Yes, Father, for such has been Thy gracious will. +011:027 "All things have been handed over to me by my Father, + and no one fully knows the Son except the Father, nor does + any one fully know the Father except the Son and all to whom + the Son chooses to reveal Him. +011:028 "Come to me, all you toiling and burdened ones, and *I* will + give you rest. +011:029 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me; for I am gentle + and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. +011:030 For it is good to bear my yoke, and my burden is light." +012:001 About that time Jesus passed on the Sabbath through the wheatfields; + and His disciples became hungry, and began to gather ears + of wheat and eat them. +012:002 But the Pharisees saw it and said to Him, "Look! your disciples + are doing what the Law forbids them to do on the Sabbath." +012:003 "Have you never read," He replied, "what David did when he and + his men were hungry? +012:004 how he entered the House of God and ate the Presented Loaves, + which it was not lawful for him or his men to eat, nor for any + except the priests? +012:005 And have you not read in the Law how on the Sabbath the priests + in the Temple break the Sabbath without incurring guilt? +012:006 But I tell you that there is here that which is greater + than the Temple. +012:007 And if you knew what this means, `It is mercy I desire, + not sacrifice', you would not have condemned those who + are without guilt. +012:008 For the Son of Man is the Lord of the Sabbath." +012:009 Departing thence He went to their synagogue, +012:010 where there was a man with a shrivelled arm. + And they questioned Him, "Is it right to cure people on + the Sabbath?" Their intention was to bring a charge against Him. +012:011 "Which of you is there," He replied, "who, if he has but + a single sheep and it falls into a hole on the Sabbath, + will not lay hold of it and lift it out? +012:012 Is not a man, however, far superior to a sheep? + Therefore it is right to do good on the Sabbath." +012:013 Then He said to the man, "Stretch out your arm." + And he stretched it out, and it was restored quite sound + like the other. +012:014 But the Pharisees after leaving the synagogue consulted together + against Him, how they might destroy Him. +012:015 Aware of this, Jesus departed elsewhere; and a great number + of people followed Him, all of whom He cured. +012:016 But He gave them strict injunctions not to blaze abroad His doings, +012:017 that those words of the Prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled, +012:018 "This is My servant whom I have chosen, My dearly loved One + in whom My soul takes pleasure. I will put My spirit upon Him, + and He will announce justice to the nations. +012:019 He will not wrangle or raise His voice, nor will His voice + be heard in the broadways. +012:020 A crushed reed He will not utterly break, nor will He quench + the still smouldering wick, until He has led on Justice to victory. +012:021 And on His name shall the nations rest their hopes." +012:022 At that time a demoniac was brought to Him, blind and dumb; + and He cured him, so that the dumb man could speak and see. +012:023 And the crowds of people were all filled with amazement and said, + "Can this be the Son of David?" +012:024 The Pharisees heard it and said, "This man only expels demons + by the power of Baal-zebul, the Prince of demons." +012:025 Knowing their thoughts He said to them, "Every kingdom in which + civil war has raged suffers desolation; and every city or house + in which there is internal strife will be brought low. +012:026 And if Satan is expelling Satan, he has begun to make war on himself: + how therefore shall his kingdom last? +012:027 And if it is by Baal-zebul's power that I expel the demons, + by whose power do your disciples expel them? They therefore + shall be your judges. +012:028 But if it is by the power of the Spirit of God that I expel + the demons, it is evident that the Kingdom of God has + come upon you. +012:029 Again, how can any one enter the house of a strong man and carry + off his goods, unless first of all he masters and secures + the strong man: then he will ransack his house. +012:030 "The man who is not with me is against me, and he who is not + gathering with me is scattering abroad. +012:031 This is why I tell you that men may find forgiveness for every + other sin and impious word, but that for impious speaking + against the Holy Spirit they shall find no forgiveness. +012:032 And whoever shall speak against the Son of Man may obtain forgiveness; + but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, neither in this + nor in the coming age shall he obtain forgiveness." +012:033 "Either grant the tree to be wholesome and its fruit wholesome, + or the tree poisonous and its fruit poisonous; for the tree + is known by its fruit. +012:034 O vipers' brood, how can you speak what is good when you are evil? + For it is from the overflow of the heart that the mouth speaks. +012:035 A good man from his good store produces good things, and a bad + man from his bad store produces bad things. +012:036 But I tell you that for every careless word that men shall + speak they will be held accountable on the day of Judgement. +012:037 For each of you by his words shall be justified, or by his words + shall be condemned." +012:038 Then He was accosted by some of the Scribes and of the Pharisees + who said, "Teacher, we wish to see a sign given by you." +012:039 "Wicked and faithless generation!" He replied, "they clamour + for a sign, but none shall be given to them except the sign + of the Prophet Jonah. +012:040 For just as Jonah was three days in the sea-monster's belly, + so will the Son of Man be three days in the heart of the earth. +012:041 There will stand up men of Nineveh at the Judgement + together with the present generation, and will condemn it; + because they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and mark! + there is One greater than Jonah here. +012:042 The Queen of the south will awake at the Judgement together + with the present generation, and will condemn it; because she + came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, + and mark! there is One greater than Solomon here. +012:043 "No sooner however has the foul spirit gone out of the man, + then he roams about in places where there is no water, + seeking rest but finding none. +012:044 Then he says, `I will return to my house that I left;' + and he comes and finds it unoccupied, swept clean, + and in good order. +012:045 Then he goes and brings back with him seven other spirits more + wicked than himself, and they come in and dwell there; and in + the end that man's condition becomes worse than it was at first. + So will it be also with the present wicked generation." +012:046 While He was still addressing the people His mother and His + brothers were standing on the edge of the crowd desiring + to speak to Him. +012:047 So some one told Him, "Your mother and your brothers are + standing outside, and desire to speak to you." +012:048 "Who is my mother?" He said to the man; "and who are my brothers?" +012:049 And pointing to His disciples He added, "See here are my mother + and my brothers. +012:050 To obey my Father who is in Heaven--that is to be my brother + and my sister and my mother." +013:001 That same day Jesus had left the house and was sitting on + the shore of the Lake, +013:002 when a vast multitude of people crowded round Him. + He therefore went on board a boat and sat there, while all + the people stood on the shore. +013:003 He then spoke many things to them in figurative language. + "The sower goes out," He said, "to sow. +013:004 As he sows, some of the seed falls by the way-side, and the birds + come and peck it up. +013:005 Some falls on rocky ground, where it has but scanty soil. + It quickly shows itself above ground, because it has no + depth of earth; +013:006 but when the sun is risen, it is scorched by the heat, + and through having no root it withers up. +013:007 Some falls among the thorns; but the thorns spring up + and stifle it. +013:008 But a portion falls upon good ground, and gives a return, + some a hundred for one, some sixty, some thirty. +013:009 Listen, every one who has ears!" +013:010 (And His disciples came and asked Him, "Why do you speak + to them in figurative language?" +013:011 "Because," He replied, "while to you it is granted to know + the secrets of the Kingdom of the Heavens, to them it is not. +013:012 For whoever has, to him more shall be given, and he shall + have abundance; but whoever has not, from him even what he has + shall be taken away. +013:013 I speak to them in figurative language for this reason, + that while looking they do not see, and while hearing they + neither hear nor understand. +013:014 And in regard to them the prophecy of Isaiah is receiving + signal fulfilment: "`You will hear and hear and by no + means understand, and you will look and look and by no means see. +013:015 For this people's mind is stupefied, their hearing has + become dull, and their eyes they have closed; to prevent + their ever seeing with their eyes, or hearing with their ears, + or understanding with their minds, and turning back, + so that I might heal them.' +013:016 "But as for you, blessed are your eyes, for they see, + and your ears, for they hear. +013:017 For I solemnly tell you that many Prophets and holy men have + longed to see the sights you see, and have not seen them, + and to hear the words you hear, and have not heard them. +013:018 "To you then I will explain the parable of the Sower. +013:019 When a man hears the Message concerning the Kingdom and does + not understand it, the Evil one comes and catches away what has + been sown in his heart. This is he who has received the seed + by the road-side. +013:020 He who has received the seed on the rocky ground is the man + who hears the Message and immediately receives it with joy. +013:021 It has struck no root, however, within him. He continues + for a time, but when suffering comes, or persecution, + because of the Message, he at once stumbles and falls. +013:022 He who has received the seed among the thorns is the man + who hears the Message, but the cares of the present age + and the delusions of riches quite stifle the Message, + and it becomes unfruitful. +013:023 But he who has received the seed on good ground is he who hears + and understands. Such hearers give a return, and yield one + a hundred for one, another sixty, another thirty.") +013:024 Another parable He put before them. "The Kingdom of + the Heavens," He said, "may be compared to a man who has sown + good seed in his field, +013:025 but during the night his enemy comes, and over the first seed + he sows darnel among the wheat, and goes away. +013:026 But when the blade shoots up and the grain is formed, + then appears the darnel also. +013:027 "So the farmer's men come and ask him, "`Sir, was it not + good seed that you sowed on your land? Where then does + the darnel come from?' +013:028 "`Some enemy has done this,' he said. "`Shall we go, + and collect it?' the men inquire. +013:029 "`No,' he replied, `for fear that while collecting the darnel + you should at the same time root up the wheat with it. +013:030 Leave both to grow together until the harvest, and at harvest-time + I will direct the reapers, Collect the darnel first, + and make it up into bundles to burn it, but bring all the wheat + into my barn.'" +013:031 Another parable He put before them. "The Kingdom of + the Heavens," He said, "is like a mustard-seed, which a man + takes and sows in his ground. +013:032 It is the smallest of all seeds, and yet when full-grown it + is larger than any herb and forms a tree, so that the birds + come and build in its branches." +013:033 Another parable He spoke to them. "The Kingdom of + the Heavens," He said, "is like yeast which a woman takes + and buries in a bushel of flour, for it to work there till + the whole mass has risen." +013:034 All this Jesus spoke to the people in figurative language, + and except in figurative language He spoke nothing to them, +013:035 in fulfilment of the saying of the Prophet, "I will open + my mouth in figurative language, I will utter things kept + hidden since the creation of all things." +013:036 When He had dismissed the people and had returned to the house, + His disciples came to Him with the request, "Explain to us + the parable of the darnel sown in the field." +013:037 "The sower of the good seed," He replied, "is the Son of Man; +013:038 the field is the world; the good seed--these are the sons + of the Kingdom; the darnel, the sons of the Evil one. +013:039 The enemy who sows the darnel is *the Devil*; the harvest + is the Close of the Age; the reapers are the angels. +013:040 As then the darnel is collected together and burnt up with fire, + so will it be at the Close of the Age. +013:041 The Son of Man will commission His angels, and they will gather + out of His Kingdom all causes of sin and all who violate His laws; +013:042 and these they will throw into the fiery furnace. + There will be the weeping aloud and the gnashing of teeth. +013:043 Then will the righteous shine out like the sun in their + Father's Kingdom. Listen, every one who has ears! +013:044 "The Kingdom of the Heavens is like treasure buried in + the open country, which a man finds, but buries again, and, + in his joy about it, goes and sells all he has and buys + that piece of ground. +013:045 "Again the Kingdom of the Heavens is like a jewel merchant + who is in quest of choice pearls. +013:046 He finds one most costly pearl; he goes away; and though it + costs all he has, he buys it. +013:047 "Again the Kingdom of the Heavens is like a draw-net let + down into the sea, which encloses fish of all sorts. +013:048 When full, they haul it up on the beach, and sit down and collect + the good fish in baskets, while the worthless they throw away. +013:049 So will it be at the Close of the Age. The angels will go + forth and separate the wicked from among the righteous, +013:050 and will throw them into the fiery furnace. There will be + the weeping aloud and the gnashing of teeth." +013:051 "Have you understood all this?" He asked. "Yes," they said. +013:052 "Therefore," He said, "remember that every Scribe well trained + for the Kingdom of the Heavens is like a householder who brings + out of his storehouse new things and old." +013:053 Jesus concluded this series of parables and then departed. +013:054 And He came into His own country and proceeded to teach in + their synagogue, so that they were filled with astonishment + and exclaimed, "Where did he obtain such wisdom, + and these wondrous powers? +013:055 Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? + And are not his brothers, James, Joseph, Simon and Judah? +013:056 And his sisters--are they not all living here among us? + Where then did he get all this?" +013:057 So they turned angrily away from Him. But Jesus said to them, + "There is no prophet left without honour except in his own + country and among his own family." +013:058 And He performed but few mighty deeds there because of their + want of faith. +014:001 About that time Herod the Tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, +014:002 and he said to his courtiers, "This is John the Baptist: + he has come back to life--and that is why these miraculous + Powers are working in him." +014:003 For Herod had arrested John, and had put him in chains, + and imprisoned him, for the sake of Herodias his + brother Philip's wife, +014:004 because John had persistently said to him, "It is not lawful + for you to have her." +014:005 And he would have liked to put him to death, but was afraid + of the people, because they regarded John as a Prophet. +014:006 But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced + before all the company, and so pleased Herod +014:007 that with an oath he promised to give her whatever she asked. +014:008 So she, instigated by her mother, said, "Give me here on a dish + the head of John the Baptist." +014:009 The king was deeply vexed, yet because of his repeated oath + and of the guests at his table he ordered it to be given her, +014:010 and he sent and beheaded John in the prison. +014:011 The head was brought on a dish and given to the young girl, + and she took it to her mother. +014:012 Then John's disciples went and removed the body and buried it, + and came and informed Jesus. +014:013 Upon receiving these tidings, Jesus went away by boat to an + uninhabited and secluded district; but the people heard of it + and followed Him in crowds from the towns by land. +014:014 So Jesus went out and saw an immense multitude, and felt compassion + for them, and cured those of them who were out of health. +014:015 But when evening was come, the disciples came to Him and said, + "This is an uninhabited place, and the best of the day is + now gone; send the people away to go into the villages and buy + something to eat." +014:016 "They need not go away," replied Jesus; "you yourselves must + give them something to eat." +014:017 "We have nothing here," they said, "but five loaves and a + couple of fish." +014:018 "Bring them here to me," He said, +014:019 and He told all the people to sit down on the grass. + Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and after + looking up to heaven and blessing them, He broke up the loaves + and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples distributed + them to the people. +014:020 So all ate, and were fully satisfied. The broken portions + that remained over they gathered up, filling twelve baskets. +014:021 Those who had eaten were about 5,000 adult men, without reckoning + women and children. +014:022 Immediately afterwards He made the disciples go on board + the boat and cross to the opposite shore, leaving Him + to dismiss the people. +014:023 When He had done this, He climbed the hill to pray in solitude. + Night came on, and he was there alone. +014:024 Meanwhile the boat was far out on the Lake, buffeted and tossed + by the waves, the wind being adverse. +014:025 But towards daybreak He went to them, walking over the waves. +014:026 When the disciples saw Him walking on the waves, they were + greatly alarmed. "It is a spirit," they exclaimed, and they + cried out with terror. +014:027 But instantly Jesus spoke to them, and said, "There is no danger; + it is I; do not be afraid." +014:028 "Master," answered Peter, "if it is you, bid me come to you + upon the water." +014:029 "Come," said Jesus. Then Peter climbed down from the boat + and walked upon the water to go to Him. +014:030 But when he felt the wind he grew frightened, and beginning + to sink he cried out, "Master, save me." +014:031 Instantly Jesus stretched out His hand and caught hold of him, + saying to him, "O little faith, why did you doubt?" +014:032 So they climbed into the boat, and the wind lulled; +014:033 and the men on board fell down before him and said, "You are + indeed God's Son." +014:034 When they had quite crossed over, they put ashore at Gennesaret; +014:035 and the men of the place, recognizing Him, sent word into all + the country round. So they brought all the sick to Him, +014:036 and they entreated Him that they might but touch the tassel + of His outer garment; and all who did so were restored + to perfect health. +015:001 Then there came to Jesus a party of Pharisees and Scribes + from Jerusalem, who inquired, +015:002 "Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the Elders + by not washing their hands before meals?" +015:003 "Why do you, too," He retorted, "transgress God's commands + for the sake of your tradition? +015:004 For God said, `Honour thy father and thy mother'; and `Let him + who reviles father or mother be certainly put to death'; +015:005 but you--this is what you say: `If a man says to his father + or mother, That is consecrated, whatever it is, which otherwise + you should have received from me-- +015:006 he shall be absolved from honouring his father'; and so you + have abrogated God's Word for the sake of your tradition. +015:007 Hypocrites! well did Isaiah prophesy of you, +015:008 "`This is a People who honour Me with their lips, while their + heart is far away from Me; +015:009 but it is in vain they worship Me, while they lay down precepts + which are mere human rules.'" +015:010 Then, when He had called the people to Him, Jesus said, + "Hear and understand. +015:011 It is not what goes into a man's mouth that defiles him; + but it is what comes out of his mouth--that* defiles a man." +015:012 Then His disciples came and said to Him, "Do you know that the + Pharisees were greatly shocked when they heard those words?" +015:013 "Every plant," He replied, "which my Heavenly Father has not + planted will be rooted up. +015:014 Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind; + and if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall + into some pit." +015:015 "Explain to us this figurative language," said Peter. +015:016 "Are even you," He answered, "still without intellingence? +015:017 Do you not understand that whatever enters the mouth passes + into the stomach and is afterwards ejected from the body? +015:018 But the things that come out of the mouth proceed from the heart, + and it is these that defile the man. +015:019 For out of the heart proceed wicked thoughts, murder, adultery, + fornication, theft, perjury, impiety of speech. +015:020 These are the things which defile the man; but eating with + unwashed hands does not defile." +015:021 Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew into the vicinity of + Tyre and Sidon. +015:022 Here a Canaanitish woman of the district came out and persistently + cried out, "Sir, Son of David, pity me; my daughter is cruelly + harassed by a demon." +015:023 But He answered her not a word. Then the disciples interposed, + and begged Him, saying, "Send her away because she keeps + crying behind us." +015:024 "I have only been sent to the lost sheep of the house + of Israel," He replied. +015:025 Then she came and threw herself at His feet and entreated Him. + "O Sir, help me," she said. +015:026 "It is not right," He said, "to take the children's bread + and throw it to the dogs." +015:027 "Be it so, Sir," she said, "for even the dogs eat the scraps + which fall from their masters' tables." +015:028 "O woman," replied Jesus, "great is your faith: be it done + to you as you desire." And from that moment her daughter + was restored to health. +015:029 Again, moving thence, Jesus went along by the Lake of Galilee; + and ascending the hill, He sat down there. +015:030 Soon great crowds came to Him, bringing with them + those who were crippled in feet or hands, blind or dumb, + and many besides, and they hastened to lay them at His feet. + And He cured them, +015:031 so that the people were amazed to see the dumb speaking, the maimed + with their hands perfect, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; + and they gave the glory to the God of Israel. +015:032 But Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, "My heart + yearns over this mass of people, for it is now the third day + that they have been with me and they have nothing to eat. + I am unwilling to send them away hungry, lest they should faint + on the road." +015:033 "Where can we," asked the disciples, "get bread enough in this + remote place to satisfy so vast a multitude?" +015:034 "How many loaves have you?" Jesus asked. "Seven," they said, + "and a few small fish." +015:035 So He bade all the people sit down on the ground, +015:036 and He took the seven loaves and the fish, and after giving thanks + He broke them up and then distributed them to the disciples, + and they to the people. +015:037 And they all ate and were satisfied. The broken portions + that remained over they took up--seven full hampers. +015:038 Those who ate were 4,000 adult men, without reckoning + women and children. +015:039 He then dismissed the people, went on board the boat, + and came into the district of Magadan. +016:001 Here the Pharisees and Sadducees came to Him; and, to make + trial of Him, they asked Him to show them a sign in the sky. +016:002 He replied, "In the evening you say, `It will be fine weather, + for the sky is red;' +016:003 and in the morning, `It will be rough weather to-day, for the sky + is red and murky.' You learn how to distinguish the aspect + of the heavens, but the signs of the times you cannot. +016:004 A wicked and faithless generation are eager for a sign; + but none shall be given to them except the sign of Jonah." + and He left them and went away. +016:005 When the disciples arrived at the other side of the Lake, + they found that they had forgotten to bring any bread; +016:006 and when Jesus said to them, "See to it: beware of the yeast + of the Pharisees and Sadducees," +016:007 they reasoned among themselves, saying, "It is because we + have not brought any bread." +016:008 Jesus perceived this and said, "Why are you reasoning + among yourselves, you men of little faith, because you + have no bread? +016:009 Do you not yet understand? nor even remember the 5,000 and + the five loaves, and how many basketfuls you carried away, +016:010 nor the 4,000 and the seven loaves, and how many hampers + you carried away? +016:011 How is it you do not understand that it was not about bread + that I spoke to you? But beware of the yeast of the + Pharisees and Sadducees." +016:012 Then they perceived that He had not warned them against bread-yeast, + but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. +016:013 When He arrived in the neighbourhood of Caesarea Philippi, Jesus + questioned His disciples. "Who do people say that the Son + of Man is?" He asked. +016:014 "Some say John the Baptist," they replied; "others Elijah; + others Jeremiah or one of the Prophets." +016:015 "But you, who do you say that I am?" He asked again. +016:016 "You," replied Simon Peter, "are the Christ, the Son of + the ever-living God." +016:017 "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-jonah," said Jesus; "for mere human + nature has not revealed this to you, but my Father in Heaven. +016:018 And I declare to you that you are Peter, and that upon this + Rock I will build my Church, and the might of Hades shall + not triumph over it. +016:019 I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of the Heavens; + and whatever you bind on earth shall remain bound in Heaven, + and whatever you loose on earth shall remain loosed in Heaven." +016:020 Then He urged His disciples to tell no one that He was the Christ. +016:021 From this time Jesus began to explain to His disciples that He + must go to Jerusalem, and suffer much cruelty from the Elders + and the High Priests and the Scribes, and be put to death, + and on the third day be raised to life again. +016:022 Then Peter took Him aside and began taking Him to task. + "Master," he said, "God forbid; this will not be your lot." +016:023 But He turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Adversary; + you are a hindrance to me, because your thoughts are not + God's thoughts, but men's." +016:024 Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If any one desires + to follow me, let him renounce self and take up his cross, + and so be my follower. +016:025 For whoever desires to save his life shall lose it, and whoever + loses his life for my sake shall find it. +016:026 Why, what benefit will it be to a man if he gains the whole + world but forfeits his life? Or what shall a man give to buy + back his life? +016:027 For the Son of Man is soon to come in the glory of the Father + with His angels, and then will He requite every man according + to his actions. +016:028 I solemnly tell you that some of those who are standing here + will certainly not taste death till they have seen the Son + of Man coming in His Kingdom." +017:001 Six day later, Jesus took with Him Peter and the brothers + James and John, and brought them up a high mountain to + a solitary place. +017:002 There in their presence His form underwent a change; + His face shone like the sun, and His raiment became as white + as the light. +017:003 And suddenly Moses and Elijah appeared to them conversing with Him. +017:004 Then Peter said to Jesus, "Master, we are thankful to you that we + are here. If you approve, I will put up three tents here, + one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah." +017:005 He was still speaking when a luminous cloud spread over them; + and a voice was heard from within the cloud, which said, + "This is My Son dearly beloved, in whom is My delight. + Listen to Him." +017:006 On hearing this voice, the disciples fell on their faces + and were filled with terror. +017:007 But Jesus came and touched them, and said, "Rouse yourselves + and have no fear." +017:008 So they looked up, and saw no one but Jesus. +017:009 As they were descending the mountain, Jesus laid a command upon them. + "Tell no one," He said, "of the sight you have seen till + the Son of Man has risen from among the dead." +017:010 "Why then," asked the disciples, "do the Scribes say that Elijah + must first come?" +017:011 "Elijah was indeed to come," He replied, "and would + reform everything. +017:012 But I tell you that he has already come, and they did + not recognize him, but dealt with him as they chose. + And before long the Son of Man will be treated by them + in a similar way." +017:013 Then it dawned upon the disciples that it was John the Baptist + about whom He had spoken to them. +017:014 When they had returned to the people, there came to Him a man + who fell on his knees before Him and besought Him. +017:015 "Sir," he said, "have pity on my son, for he is an epileptic + and is very ill. Often he falls into the fire and often + into the water. +017:016 I have brought him to your disciples, and they have not been + able to cure him." +017:017 "O unbelieving and perverse generation!" replied Jesus; + "how long shall I be with you? how long shall I endure you? + Bring him to me." +017:018 Then Jesus reprimanded the demon, and it came out and left him; + and the boy was cured from that moment. +017:019 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and asked Him, "Why could + not we expel the demon?" +017:020 "Because your faith is so small," He replied; "for I solemnly + declare to you that if you have faith like a mustard-seed, + you shall say to this mountain, `Remove from this place to that,' + and it will remove; and nothing shall be impossible to you. +017:021 But an evil spirit of this kind is only driven out by + prayer and fasting." +017:022 As they were travelling about in Galilee, Jesus said to them, + "The Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men; +017:023 they will put Him to death, but on the third day He will be + raised to life again." And they were exceedingly distressed. +017:024 After their arrival at Capernaum the collectors of the half-shekel + came and asked Peter, "Does not your Teacher pay the half-shekel?" +017:025 "Yes," he replied, and then went into the house. But before + he spoke a word Jesus said, "What think you, Simon? From whom + do this world's kings receive customs or capitation tax? + from their own children, or from others?" +017:026 "From others," he replied. "Then the children go free," said Jesus. +017:027 "However, lest we cause them to sin, go and throw a hook + into the Lake, and take the first fish that comes up. + When you open its mouth, you will find a shekel in it: + bring that coin and give it to them for yourself and me." +018:001 Just then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Who ranks + higher than others in the Kingdom of the Heavens?" +018:002 So He called a young child to Him, and, bidding him stand + in the midst of them, +018:003 said, "In solemn truth I tell you that unless you turn and + become like little children, you will in no case be admitted + into the Kingdom of the Heavens. +018:004 Whoever therefore shall humble himself as this young child, + he it is who is superior to others in the Kingdom of the Heavens. +018:005 And whoever for my sake receives one young child such + as this, receives me. +018:006 But whoever shall occasion the fall of one of these little + ones who believe in me, it would be better for him to have + a millstone hung round his neck and to be drowned in the depths + of the sea. +018:007 "Alas for the world because of causes of falling! They cannot + but come, but alas for each man through whom they come! +018:008 If your hand or your foot is causing you to fall into sin, + cut it off and away with it. It is better for you to enter + into Life crippled in hand or foot than to remain in possession + of two sound hands or feet but be thrown into the fire + of the Ages. +018:009 And if your eye is causing you to fall into sin, tear it out + and away with it; it is better for you to enter into Life + with only one eye, than to remain in possession of two eyes + but be thrown into the Gehenna of fire. +018:010 "Beware of ever despising one of these little ones, for I + tell you that in Heaven their angels have continual access + to my Father who is in Heaven. +018:011 [] +018:012 What do you yourselves think? Suppose a man gets a hundred sheep + and one of them strays away, will he not leave the ninety-nine + on the hills and go and look for the one that is straying? +018:013 And if he succeeds in finding it, in solemn truth I tell you + that he rejoices over it more than he does over the ninety-nine + that have not gone astray. +018:014 Just so it is not the will of your Father in Heaven that one + of these little ones should be lost. +018:015 "If your brother acts wrongly towards you, go and point + out his fault to him when only you and he are there. + If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. +018:016 But if he will not listen to you, go again, and ask one or + two to go with you, that every word spoken may be attested + by two or three witnesses. +018:017 If he refuses to hear them, appeal to the Church; and if + he refuses to hear even the Church, regard him just as you + regard a Gentile or a tax-gatherer. +018:018 I solemnly tell you that whatever you as a Church bind on earth + will in Heaven be held as bound, and whatever you loose + on earth will in Heaven be held to be loosed. +018:019 I also solemnly tell you that if two of you here on earth agree + together concerning anything whatever that they shall ask, + the boon will come to them from my Father who is in Heaven. +018:020 For where there are two or three assembled in my name, + there am I in the midst of them." +018:021 At this point Peter came to Him with the question, "Master, + how often shall my brother act wrongly towards me and I + forgive him? seven times?" +018:022 "I do not say seven times," answered Jesus, "but seventy + times seven times. +018:023 "For this reason the Kingdom of the Heavens may be compared + to a king who determined to have a settlement of accounts + with his servants. +018:024 But as soon as he began the settlement, one was brought before + him who owed 10,000 talents, +018:025 and was unable to pay. So his master ordered that he and his + wife and children and everything that he had should be sold, + and payment be made. +018:026 The servant therefore falling down, prostrated himself at + his feet and entreated him. "`Only give me time,' he said, + `and I will pay you the whole.' +018:027 "Whereupon his master, touched with compassion, set him free + and forgave him the debt. +018:028 But no sooner had that servant gone out, than he met with one + of his fellow servants who owed him 100 shillings; and seizing + him by the throat and nearly strangling him he exclaimed, + "`Pay me all you owe.' +018:029 "His fellow servant therefore fell at his feet and entreated him, + "`Only give me time,' he said, `and I will pay you.' +018:030 "He would not, however, but went and threw him into prison + until he should pay what was due. +018:031 His fellow servants, therefore, seeing what had happened, + were exceedingly angry; and they came and told their master + without reserve all that had happened. +018:032 At once his master called him and said, "`Wicked servant, + I forgave you all that debt, because you entreated me: +018:033 ought not you also to have had pity on your fellow servant, + just as I had pity on you?' +018:034 "So his master, greatly incensed, handed him over to the jailers + until he should pay all he owed him. +018:035 "In the same way my Heavenly Father will deal with you, if you + do not all of you forgive one another from your hearts." +019:001 When Jesus had finished these discourses, He removed from Galilee + and came into that part of Judaea which lay beyond the Jordan. +019:002 And a vast multitude followed him, and He cured them there. +019:003 Then came some of the Pharisees to Him to put Him to the proof + by the question, "Has a man a right to divorce his wife + whenever he chooses?" +019:004 "Have you not read," He replied, "that He who made them `made them' + from the beginning `male and female, +019:005 and said, For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother + and be united to his wife, and the two shall be one'? +019:006 Thus they are no longer two, but `one'! What therefore God + has joined together, let not man separate." +019:007 "Why then," said they, "did Moses command the husband to give + her `a written notice of divorce,' and so put her away?" +019:008 "Moses," He replied, "in consideration of the hardness of your + nature permitted you to put away your wives, but it has not + been so from the beginning. +019:009 And I tell you that whoever divorces his wife for any reason except + her unfaithfulness, and marries another woman, commits adultery." +019:010 "If this is the case with a man in relation to his wife," + said the disciples to Him, "it is better not to marry." +019:011 "It is not every man," He replied, "who can receive this teaching, + but only those on whom the grace has been bestowed. +019:012 There are men who from their birth have been disabled from marriage, + others who have been so disabled by men, and others who have + disabled themselves for the sake of the Kingdom of the Heavens. + He who is able to receive this, let him receive it." +019:013 Then young children were brought to Him for Him to put His + hands on them and pray; but the disciples interfered. +019:014 Jesus however said, "Let the little children come to me, + and do not hinder them; for it is to those who are childlike + that the Kingdom of the Heavens belongs." +019:015 So He laid His hands upon them and went away. +019:016 "Teacher," said one man, coming up to Him, "what that is good + shall I do in order to win the Life of the Ages?" +019:017 "Why do you ask me," He replied, "about what is good? + There is only One who is truly good. But if you desire + to enter into Life, keep the Commandments." +019:018 "Which Commandments?" he asked. Jesus answered, "`Thou shalt + not kill;' `Thou shalt not commit adultery;' `Thou shalt not steal;' + `Thou shalt not lie in giving evidence;' +019:019 `Honour thy father and thy mother'; and `Thou shalt love thy + fellow man as much as thyself.'" +019:020 "All of these," said the young man, "I have carefully kept. + What do I still lack?" +019:021 "If you desire to be perfect," replied Jesus, "go and sell + all that you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have + wealth in Heaven; and come, follow me." +019:022 On hearing those words the young man went away much cast down; + for he had much property. +019:023 So Jesus said to His disciples, "I solemnly tell you that it + is with difficulty that a rich man will enter the Kingdom + of the Heavens. +019:024 Yes, I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye + of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God." +019:025 These words utterly amazed the disciples, and they asked, + "Who then can be saved?" +019:026 Jesus looked at them and said, "With men this is impossible, + but with God everything is possible." +019:027 Then Peter said to Jesus, "See, *we* have forsaken everything + and followed you; what then will be *our* reward?" +019:028 "I solemnly tell you," replied Jesus, "that in the New Creation, + when the Son of Man has taken His seat on His glorious throne, + all of you who have followed me shall also sit on twelve + thrones and judge the twelve tribes of Israel. +019:029 And whoever has forsaken houses, or brothers or sisters, + or father or mother, or children or lands, for my sake, + shall receive many times as much and shall have as his + inheritance the Life of the Ages. +019:030 "But many who are now first will be last, and many who are + now last will be first. +020:001 "For the Kingdom of the Heavens is like an employer who went + out early in the morning to hire men to work in his vineyard, +020:002 and having made an agreement with them for a shilling a day, + sent them into his vineyard. +020:003 About nine o'clock he went out and saw others loitering + in the market-place. +020:004 To these also he said, "`You also, go into the vineyard, + and whatever is right I will give you.' +020:005 "So they went. Again about twelve, and about three o'clock, + he went out and did the same. +020:006 And going out about five o'clock he found others loitering, + and he asked them, "`Why have you been standing here all + day long, doing nothing?' +020:007 "`Because no one has hired us,' they replied. "`You also, + go into the vineyard,' he said. +020:008 "When evening came, the master said to his steward, "`Call the men + and pay them their wages. Begin with the last set and finish + with the first.' +020:009 "When those came who had begun at five o'clock, they received + a shilling apiece; +020:010 and when the first came, they expected to get more, but they + also each got the shilling. +020:011 So when they had received it, they grumbled against + the employer, saying, +020:012 "`These who came last have done only one hour's work, and you + have put them on a level with us who have worked the whole + day and have borne the scorching heat.' +020:013 "`My friend,' he answered to one of them, `I am doing you + no injustice. Did you not agree with me for a shilling? +020:014 Take your money and go. I choose to give this last comer + just as much as I give you. +020:015 Have I not a right to do what I choose with my own property? + Or are you envious because I am generous?' +020:016 "So the last shall be first, and the first last." +020:017 Jesus was now going up to Jerusalem, and He took the twelve + disciples aside by themselves, and on the way He said to them, +020:018 "We are going up to Jerusalem, and there the Son of Man + will be betrayed to the High Priests and Scribes. + They will condemn Him to death, +020:019 and hand Him over to the Gentiles to be made sport of and scourged + and crucified; and on the third day He will be raised to life." +020:020 Then the mother of the sons of Zabdi came to Him with her sons, + and knelt before Him to make a request of Him. +020:021 "What is it you desire?" He asked. "Command," she replied, + "that these my two sons may sit one at your right hand and one + at your left in your Kingdom." +020:022 "None of you know what you are asking for," said Jesus; + "can you drink out of the cup from which I am about to drink?" + "We can," they replied. +020:023 "You shall drink out of my cup," He said, "but a seat at my + right hand or at my left it is not for me to allot, but it + belongs to those for whom it has been prepared by my Father." +020:024 The other ten heard of this, and their indignation was aroused + against the two brothers. +020:025 But Jesus called them to Him, and said, "You know that the rulers + of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise + authority over them. +020:026 Not so shall it be among you; but whoever desires to be great + among you shall be your servant, +020:027 and whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant; +020:028 just as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, + and to give His life as the redemption-price for many." +020:029 As they were leaving Jericho, an immense crowd following Him, +020:030 two blind men sitting by the roadside heard that it was Jesus + who was passing by, and cried aloud, "Sir, Son of David, pity us." +020:031 The people angrily tried to silence them, but they cried all + the louder. "O Sir, Son of David, pity us," they said. +020:032 So Jesus stood still and called to them. "What shall I do + for you?" He asked. +020:033 "Sir, let our eyes be opened," they replied. +020:034 Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and immediately + they regained their sight and followed Him. +021:001 When they were come near Jerusalem and had arrived at Bethphage + and the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of the disciples + on in front, +021:002 saying to them, "Go to the village you see facing you, and as you + enter it you will find a she-ass tied up and a foal with her. + Untie her and bring them to me. +021:003 And if any one says anything to you, say, `The Master needs them,' + and he will at once send them." +021:004 This took place in order that the Prophet's prediction + might be fulfilled: +021:005 "Tell the Daughter of Zion, `See, thy King is coming to thee, + gentle, and yet mounted on an ass, even on a colt the foal + of a beast of burden.'" +021:006 So the disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them: +021:007 they brought the she-ass and the foal, and threw their outer + garments on them. So He sat on them; +021:008 and most of the crowd kept spreading their garments along + the road, while others cut branches from the trees and carpeted + the road with them, +021:009 and the multitudes--some of the people preceding Him + and some following--sang aloud, "God save the Son + of David! Blessings on Him who comes in the Lord's name! + God in the highest Heavens save Him!" +021:010 When He thus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was thrown + into commotion, every one inquiring, "Who is this?" +021:011 "This is Jesus, the Prophet, from Nazareth in Galilee," + replied the crowds. +021:012 Entering the Temple, Jesus drove out all who were buying + and selling there, and overturned the money-changers' + tables and the seats of the pigeon-dealers. +021:013 "It is written," He said, "`My House shall be called the House + of Prayer', but you are making it a robbers' cave." +021:014 And the blind and the lame came to Him in the Temple, + and He cured them. +021:015 But when the High Priests and the Scribes saw the wonderful + things that He had done and the children who were crying + aloud in the Temple, "God save the Son of David," they were + filled with indignation. +021:016 "Do you hear," they asked Him, "what these children are saying?" + "Yes," He replied; "have you never read, `Out of the mouths + of infants and of babes at the breast Thou hast brought forth + the praise which is due'?" +021:017 So He left them and went out of the city to Bethany and passed + the night there. +021:018 Early in the morning as He was on His way to return to the city + He was hungry, +021:019 and seeing a fig-tree on the road-side He went up to it, + but found nothing on it but leaves. "On you," He said, + "no fruit shall ever again grow." And immediately + the fig-tree withered away. +021:020 When the disciples saw it they exclaimed in astonishment, + "How instantaneously the fig-tree has withered away!" +021:021 "I solemnly tell you," said Jesus, "that if you have an + unwavering faith, you shall not only perform such a miracle + as this of the fig-tree, but that even if you say to + this mountain, `Be thou lifted up and hurled into the sea,' + it shall be done; +021:022 and everything, whatever it be, that you ask for in your prayers, + if you have faith, you shall obtain." +021:023 He entered the Temple; and while He was teaching, + the High Priests and the Elders of the people came to Him + and asked Him, "By what authority are you doing these things? + and who gave you this authority?" +021:024 "And I also have a question to ask *you*," replied Jesus, + "and if you answer me, I in turn will tell you by what authority + I do these things. +021:025 John's Baptism, whence was it?--had it a heavenly or a + human origin?" So they debated the matter among themselves. + "If we say `a heavenly origin,'" they argued, "he will say, + `Why then did you not believe him?' +021:026 and if we say `a human origin' we have the people to fear, + for they all hold John to have been a Prophet." +021:027 So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." "Nor do I tell you," + He replied, "by what authority I do these things." +021:028 "But give me your judgement. There was a man who had two sons. + He came to the elder of them, and said, "`My son, go and work + in the vineyard to-day.' +021:029 "`I will not,' he replied. "But afterwards he was sorry, and went. +021:030 He came to the second and spoke in the same manner. + His answer was, "`I will go, Sir.' "But he did not go. +021:031 Which of the two did as his father desired?" "The first," they said. + "I solemnly tell you,' replied Jesus, "that the tax-gatherers + and the notorious sinners are entering the Kingdom of God + in front of you. +021:032 For John came to you observing all sorts of ritual, and you put + no faith in him: the tax-gatherers and the notorious sinners did + put faith in him, and you, though you saw this example set you, + were not even afterwards sorry so as to believe him. +021:033 "Listen to another parable. There was a householder who planted + a vineyard, made a fence round it, dug a wine-tank in it, + and built a strong lodge; then let the place to vine-dressers, + and went abroad. +021:034 When vintage-time approached, he sent his servants to the + vine-dressers to receive his share of the grapes; +021:035 but the vine-dressers seized the servants, and one they + cruelly beat, one they killed, one they pelted with stones. +021:036 Again he sent another party of servants more numerous than the first; + and these they treated in the same manner. +021:037 Later still he sent to them his son, saying, "`They will + respect my son.' +021:038 "But the vine-dressers, when they saw the son, said to + one another, "`Here is the heir: come, let us kill him + and get his inheritance.' +021:039 "So they seized him, dragged him out of the vineyard, + and killed him. +021:040 When then the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do + to those vine-dressers?" +021:041 "He will put the wretches to a wretched death," was the reply, + "and will entrust the vineyard to other vine-dressers who will + render the produce to him at the vintage season." +021:042 "Have you never read in the Scriptures," said Jesus, "`The Stone + which the builders rejected has been made the Cornerstone: + this Cornerstone came from the Lord, and is wonderful + in our eyes'? +021:043 "That, I tell you, is the reason why the Kingdom of God will be + taken away from you, and given to a nation that will exhibit + the power of it. +021:044 He who falls on this stone will be severely hurt; but he on + whom it falls will be utterly crushed." +021:045 After listening to His parables the High Priests and the Pharisees + perceived that He was speaking about them; +021:046 but though they were eager to lay hands upon Him, they were afraid + of the people, for by them He was regarded as a Prophet. +022:001 Again Jesus spoke to them in figurative language. +022:002 "The Kingdom of the Heavens," He said, "may be compared + to a king who celebrated the marriage of his son, +022:003 and sent his servants to call the invited guests to the wedding, + but they were unwilling to come. +022:004 "Again he sent other servants with a message to those who + were invited. "`My breakfast is now ready," he said, `my bullocks + and fat cattle are killed, and every preparation is made: + come to the wedding.' +022:005 "They however gave no heed, but went, one to his home in the country, + another to his business; +022:006 and the rest seized the king's servants, maltreated them, + and murdered them. +022:007 So the king's anger was stirred, and he sent his troops + and destroyed those murderers and burnt their city. +022:008 Then he said to his servants, "`The wedding banquet is ready, + but those who were invited were unworthy of it. +022:009 Go out therefore to the crossroads, and everybody you meet + invite to the wedding.' +022:010 "So they went out into the roads and gathered together all + they could find, both bad and good, and the banqueting hall + was filled with guests. +022:011 "Now the king came in to see the guests; and among them + he discovered one who was not wearing a wedding-robe. +022:012 "`My friend,' he said, `how is it that you came in here without + a wedding robe?' +022:013 "The man stood speechless. Then the king said to the servants, + "`Bind him hand and foot and fling him into the darkness outside: + there will be the weeping aloud and the gnashing of teeth.' +022:014 "For there are many called, but few chosen." +022:015 Then the Pharisees went and consulted together how they might + entrap Him in His conversation. +022:016 So they sent to Him their disciples together with the Herodians; + who said, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful and that you + faithfully teach God's truth; and that no fear of man misleads you, + for you are not biased by men's wealth or rank. +022:017 Give us your judgement therefore: is it allowable for us + to pay a poll-tax to Caesar, or not?" +022:018 Perceiving their wickedness, Jesus replied, "Why are you + hypocrites trying to ensnare me? +022:019 Show me the tribute coin." And they brought Him a shilling. +022:020 "Whose likeness and inscription," He asked, "is this?" +022:021 "Caesar's," they replied. "Pay therefore," He rejoined, + "what is Caesar's to Caesar; and what is God's to God." +022:022 They heard this, and were astonished; then left Him, + and went their way. +022:023 On the same day a party of Sadducees came to Him, contending that + there is no resurrection. And they put this case to Him. +022:024 "Teacher," they said, "Moses enjoined, `If a man die childless, + his brother shall marry his widow, and raise up a family for him.' +022:025 Now we had among us seven brothers. The eldest of them married, + but died childless, leaving his wife to his brother. +022:026 So also did the second and the third, down to the seventh, +022:027 till the woman also died, after surviving them all. +022:028 At the Resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will + she be? for they all married her." +022:029 The reply of Jesus was, "You are in error, through ignorance + of the Scriptures and of the power of God. +022:030 For in the Resurrection, men neither marry nor are women given + in marriage, but they are like angels in Heaven. +022:031 But as to the Resurrection of the dead, have you never read + what God says to you, +022:032 `I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God + of Jacob'? He is not the God of dead, but of living men." +022:033 All the crowd heard this, and were filled with amazement + at His teaching. +022:034 Now the Pharisees came up when they heard that He had + silenced the Sadducees, +022:035 and one of them, an expounder of the Law, asked Him as + a test question, +022:036 "Teacher, which is the greatest Commandment in the Law?" +022:037 "`Thou shalt love the Lord thy God,'" He answered, "`with thy + whole heart, thy whole soul, thy whole mind.' +022:038 This is the greatest and foremost Commandment. +022:039 And the second is similar to it: `Thou shalt love thy fellow + man as much as thyself.' +022:040 The whole of the Law and the Prophets is summed up in + these two Commandments." +022:041 While the Pharisees were still assembled there, Jesus put + a question to them. +022:042 "What think you about the Christ," He said, "whose son + is He?" "David's," they replied. +022:043 "How then," He asked, "does David, taught by the Spirit, + call Him Lord, when he says, +022:044 "`The Lord said to my Lord, sit at My right hand until I + have put thy foes beneath thy feet'? +022:045 "If therefore David calls Him Lord, how can He be his son?" +022:046 No one could say a word in reply, nor from that day did any + one venture again to put a question to Him. +023:001 Then Jesus addressed the crowds and His disciples. +023:002 "The Scribes," He said, "and the Pharisees sit in the chair of Moses. +023:003 Therefore do and observe everything that they command you; + but do not imitate their lives, for though they tell others + what to do, they do not do it themselves. +023:004 Heavy and cumbrous burdens they bind together and load men's + shoulders with them, while as for themselves, not with one + finger do they choose to lift them. +023:005 And everything they do they do with a view to being observed by men; + for they widen their phylacteries and make the tassels large, +023:006 and love the best seats at a dinner party or in the synagogues, +023:007 and like to be bowed to in places of public resort, and to be + addressed by men as `Rabbi.' +023:008 "As for you, do not accept the title of `Rabbi,' for one alone + is your Teacher, and you are all brothers. +023:009 And call no one on earth your Father, for One alone is your Father-- + the Heavenly Father. +023:010 And do not accept the name of `leader,' for your Leader is + one alone--the Christ. +023:011 He who is the greatest among you shall be your servant; +023:012 and one who exalts himself shall be abased, while one who abases + himself shall be exalted. +023:013 "But alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you + lock the door of the Kingdom of the Heavens against men; + you yourselves do not enter, nor do you allow those to enter + who are seeking to do so. +023:014 [] +023:015 "Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you scour + sea and land in order to win one convert--and when he is gained, + you make him twice as much a son of Gehenna as yourselves. +023:016 "Alas for you, you blind guides, who say, "`Whoever swears + by the Sanctuary it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold + of the Sanctuary, is bound by the oath.' +023:017 "Blind fools! Why, which is greater?--the gold, or the Sanctuary + which has made the gold holy? +023:018 And you say, "`Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; + but whoever swears by the offering lying on it is bound + by the oath.' +023:019 "You are blind! Why, which is greater?--the offering, + or the altar which makes the offering holy? +023:020 He who swears by the altar swears both by it and by everything on it; +023:021 he who swears by the Sanctuary swears both by it and by Him + who dwells in it; +023:022 and he who swears by Heaven swears both by the throne of God + and by Him who sits upon it. +023:023 "Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you pay + the tithe on mint, dill, and cumin, while you have neglected + the weightier requirements of the Law--just judgement, mercy, + and faithful dealing. These things you ought to have done, + and yet you ought not to have left the others undone. +023:024 You blind guides, straining out the gnat while you gulp + down the camel! +023:025 "Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you + wash clean the outside of the cup or dish, while within they + are full of greed and self-indulgence. +023:026 Blind Pharisee, first wash clean the inside of the cup or dish, + and then the outside will be clean also. +023:027 "Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you are + just like whitewashed sepulchres, the outside of which pleases + the eye, though inside they are full of dead men's bones + and of all that is unclean. +023:028 The same is true of you: outwardly you seem to the human + eye to be good and honest men, but, within, you are full + of insincerity and disregard of God's Law. +023:029 "Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you repair + the sepulchres of the Prophets and keep in order the tombs + of the righteous, +023:030 and your boast is, "`If we had lived in the time of our forefathers, + we should not have been implicated with them in the murder + of the Prophets.' +023:031 "So that you bear witness against yourselves that you are + descendants of those who murdered the Prophets. +023:032 Fill up the measure of your forefathers' guilt. +023:033 O serpents, O vipers' brood, how are you to escape + condemnation to Gehenna? +023:034 "For this reason I am sending to you Prophets and wise men + and Scribes. Some of them you will put to death--nay, crucify; + some of them you will flog in your synagogues and chase + from town to town; +023:035 that all the innocent blood shed upon earth may come on you, + from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah + the son of Berechiah whom you murdered between the Sanctuary + and the altar. +023:036 I tell you in solemn truth that all these things will come + upon the present generation. +023:037 "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! thou who murderest the Prophets + and stonest those who have been sent to thee! how often have I + desired to gather thy children to me, just as a hen gathers + her chickens under her wings, and you would not come! +023:038 See, your house will now be left to you desolate! +023:039 For I tell you that you will never see me again until you say, + `Blessed be He who comes in the name of the Lord.'" +024:001 Jesus had left the Temple and was going on His way, when His + disciples came and called His attention to the Temple buildings. +024:002 "You see all these?" He replied; "in solemn truth I tell + you that there will not be left here one stone upon another + that will not be pulled down." +024:003 Afterwards He was on the Mount of Olives and was seated there + when the disciples came to Him, apart from the others, + and said, "Tell us when this will be; and what will be the sign + of your Coming and of the Close of the Age?" +024:004 "Take care that no one misleads you," answered Jesus; +024:005 "for many will come assuming my name and saying `I am the Christ;' + and they will mislead many. +024:006 And before long you will hear of wars and rumours of wars. + Do not be alarmed, for such things must be; but the End + is not yet. +024:007 For nation will rise in arms against nation, kingdom against kingdom, + and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places; +024:008 but all these miseries are but like the early pains of childbirth. +024:009 "At that time they will deliver you up to punishment and will + put you to death; and you will be objects of hatred to all + the nations because you are called by my name. +024:010 Then will many stumble and fall, and they will betray one + another and hate one another. +024:011 Many false prophets will rise up and lead multitudes astray; +024:012 and because of the prevalent disregard of God's law the love + of the great majority will grow cold; +024:013 but those who stand firm to the End shall be saved. +024:014 And this Good News of the Kingdom shall be proclaimed throughout + the whole world to set the evidence before all the Gentiles; + and then the End will come. +024:015 "When you have seen (to use the language of the Prophet Daniel) + the `Abomination of Desolation', standing in the Holy Place"-- + let the reader observe those words-- +024:016 "then let those who are in Judaea escape to the hills; +024:017 let him who is on the roof not go down to fetch what is + in his house; +024:018 nor let him who is outside the city stay to pick up + his outer garment. +024:019 And alas for the women who at that time are with child + or have infants! +024:020 "But pray that your flight may not be in winter, nor on the Sabbath; +024:021 for it will be a time of great suffering, such as never has + been from the beginning of the world till now, and assuredly + never will be again. +024:022 And if those days had not been cut short, no one would escape; + but for the sake of God's own People those days will be cut short. +024:023 "If at that time any one should say to you, `See, here is + the Christ!' or `Here!' give no credence to it. +024:024 For there will rise up false Christs and false prophets, + displaying wonderful signs and prodigies, so as to deceive, + were it possible, even God's own People. +024:025 Remember, I have forewarned you. +024:026 If therefore they should say to you, `See, He is in the Desert!' + do not go out there: or `See, He is indoors in the room!' + do not believe it. +024:027 For just as the lightning flashes in the east and is seen + to the very west, so will be the Coming of the Son of Man. +024:028 Wherever the dead body is, there will the vultures flock together. +024:029 "But immediately after those times of distress the sun will + be darkened, the moon will not shed her light, the stars + will fall from the firmament, and the forces which control + the heavens will be disordered and disturbed. +024:030 Then will appear the Sign of the Son of Man in the sky; + and then will all the nations of the earth lament, when they + see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with great + power and glory. +024:031 And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet-blast, + and they will bring together His own People to Him from north, + south, east and west--from one extremity of the world + to the other. +024:032 "Now learn from the fig-tree the lesson it teaches. + As soon as its branches have now become soft and it is bursting + into leaf, you all know that summer is near. +024:033 So you also, when you see all these signs, may be sure that He + is near--at your very door. +024:034 I tell you in solemn truth that the present generation will + certainly not pass away without all these things having + first taken place. +024:035 Earth and sky will pass away, but it is certain that my words + will not pass away. +024:036 "But as to that day and the exact time no one knows--not even + the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone. +024:037 `For as it was in the time of Noah, so it will be at the Coming + of the Son of Man. +024:038 At that time, before the Deluge, men were busy eating and drinking, + taking wives or giving them, up to the very day when Noah + entered the Ark, +024:039 nor did they realise any danger till the Deluge came and swept + them all away; so will it be at the Coming of the Son of Man. +024:040 Then will two men be in the open country: one will be taken away, + and one left behind. +024:041 Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken away, + and one left behind. +024:042 Be on the alert therefore, for you do not know the day on + which your Lord is coming. +024:043 But of this be assured, that if the master of the house had known + the hour at which the robber was coming, he would have kept awake, + and not have allowed his house to be broken into. +024:044 Therefore you also must be ready; for it is at a time when you + do not expect Him that the Son of Man will come. +024:045 "Who therefore is the loyal and intelligent servant to whom + his master has entrusted the control of his household to give + them their rations at the appointed time? +024:046 Blessed is that servant whom his master when he comes shall + find so doing! +024:047 In solemn truth I tell you that he will give him the management + of all his wealth. +024:048 But if the man, being a bad servant, should say in his heart, + `My master is a long time in coming,' +024:049 and should begin to beat his fellow servants, while he eats + and drinks with drunkards; +024:050 the master of that servant will arrive on a day when he is not + expecting him and at an hour of which he has not been informed; +024:051 he will treat him with the utmost severity and assign him + a place among the hypocrites: there will be the weeping + and the gnashing of teeth. +025:001 "Then will the Kingdom of the Heavens be found to be like + ten bridesmaids who took their torches and went out to + meet the bridegroom. +025:002 Five of them were foolish and five were wise. +025:003 For the foolish, when they took their torches, did not provide + themselves with oil; +025:004 but the wise, besides their torches, took oil in their flasks. +025:005 The bridegroom was a long time in coming, so that meanwhile + they all became drowsy and fell asleep. +025:006 But at midnight there is a loud cry, "`The bridegroom! + Go out and meet him!' +025:007 "Then all those bridesmaids roused themselves and + trimmed their torches. +025:008 "`Give us some of your oil,' said the foolish ones to the wise, + `for our torches are going out.' +025:009 "`But perhaps,' replied the wise, `there will not be enough for all + of us. Go to the shops rather, and buy some for yourselves.' +025:010 "So they went to buy. But meanwhile the bridegroom came; + those bridesmaids who were ready went in with him to the + wedding banquet; and the door was shut. +025:011 "Afterwards the other bridesmaids came and cried, "`Sir, Sir, + open the door to us.' +025:012 "`In solemn truth I tell you,' he replied, `I do not know you.' +025:013 "Keep awake therefore; for you know neither the day nor the hour. +025:014 "Why, it is like a man who, when going on his travels, + called his bondservants and entrusted his property to their care. +025:015 To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one-- + to each according to his individual capacity; and then + started from home. +025:016 Without delay the one who had received the five talents went + and employed them in business, and gained five more. +025:017 In the same way he who had the two gained two more. +025:018 But the man who had received the one went and dug a hole + and buried his master's money. +025:019 "After a long lapse of time the master of those servants returned, + and had a reckoning with them. +025:020 The one who had received the five talents came and brought five more, + and said, "`Sir, it was five talents that you entrusted to me: + see, I have gained five more.' +025:021 "`You have done well, good and trustworthy servant,' + replied his master; `you have been trustworthy in the + management of a little, I will put you in charge of much: + share your master's joy.' +025:022 "The second, who had received the two talents, came and said, + "`Sir, it was two talents you entrusted to me: see, I have + gained two more.' +025:023 "`Good and trustworthy servant, you have done well,' + his master replied; `you have been trustworthy in the + management of a little, I will put you in charge of much: + share your master's joy.' +025:024 "But, next, the man who had the one talent in his keeping came + and said, "`Sir, I knew you to be a severe man, reaping where + you had not sown and garnering what you had not winnowed. +025:025 So being afraid I went and buried your talent in the ground: + there you have what belongs to you.' +025:026 "`You wicked and slothful servant,' replied his master, + `did you know that I reap where I have not sown, and garner + what I have not winnowed? +025:027 Your duty then was to deposit my money in some bank, and so when I + came I should have got back my property with interest. +025:028 So take away the talent from him, and give it to the man + who has the ten.' +025:029 (For to every one who has, more shall be given, and he shall + have abundance; but from him who has nothing, even what he has + shall be taken away.) +025:030 `But as for this worthless servant, put him out into + the darkness outside: *there* will be the weeping and + the gnashing of teeth.' +025:031 "When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels + with Him, then will He sit upon His glorious throne, +025:032 and all the nations will be gathered into His presence. + And He will separate them from one another, just as a shepherd + separates the sheep from the goats; +025:033 and will make the sheep stand at His right hand, and the goats + at His left. +025:034 "Then the King will say to those at His right, "`Come, my Father's + blessed ones, receive your inheritance of the Kingdom which + has been divinely intended for you ever since the creation + of the world. +025:035 For when I was hungry, you gave me food; when I was thirsty, + you gave me drink; when I was homeless, you gave me a welcome; +025:036 when I was ill-clad, you clothed me; when I was sick, + you visited me; when I was in prison, you came to see me.' +025:037 "`When, Lord,' the righteous will reply, `did we see Thee hungry, + and feed Thee; or thirsty, and give Thee drink? +025:038 When did we see Thee homeless, and give Thee a welcome? or ill-clad, + and clothe Thee? +025:039 When did we see Thee sick or in prison, and come to see Thee?' +025:040 "But the King will answer them, "`In solemn truth I tell you that + in so far as you rendered such services to one of the humblest + of these my brethren, you rendered them to myself.' +025:041 "Then will He say to those at His left, "`Begone from me, + with the curse resting upon you, into the Fire of the Ages, + which has been prepared for the Devil and his angels. +025:042 For when I was hungry, you gave me nothing to eat; when thirsty, + you gave me nothing to drink; +025:043 when homeless, you gave me no welcome; ill-clad, you clothed me not; + sick or in prison, you visited me not.' +025:044 "Then will they also answer, "`Lord, when did we see Thee hungry + or thirsty or homeless or ill-clad or sick or in prison, + and not come to serve Thee?' +025:045 "But he will reply, "`In solemn truth I tell you that in so far + as you withheld such services from one of the humblest of these, + you withheld them from me.' +025:046 "And these shall go away into the Punishment of the Ages, + but the righteous into the Life of the Ages." +026:001 When Jesus had ended all these discourses, He said to His disciples, +026:002 "You know that in two days' time the Passover comes. + And the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified." +026:003 Then the High Priests and Elders of the People assembled + in the court of the palace of the High Priest Caiaphas, +026:004 and consulted how to get Jesus into their power by stratagem + and put Him to death. +026:005 But they said, "Not during the Festival, lest there be a riot + among the people." +026:006 Now when Jesus was come to Bethany and was at the house + of Simon the Leper, +026:007 a woman came to Him with a jar of very costly, sweet-scented ointment, + which she poured over His head as He reclined at table. +026:008 "Why such waste?" indignantly exclaimed the disciples; +026:009 "for this might have been sold for a considerable sum, + and the money given to the poor." +026:010 But Jesus heard it, and said to them, "Why are you vexing her? + For she has done a most gracious act towards me. +026:011 The poor you always have with you, but me you have not always. +026:012 In pouring this ointment over me, her object was to prepare + me for burial. +026:013 In solemn truth I tell you that wherever in the whole world + this Good News shall be proclaimed, this deed of hers shall + be spoken of in memory of her." +026:014 At that time one of the Twelve, the one called Judas Iscariot, + went to the High Priests +026:015 and said, "What are you willing to give me if I betray him to you?" + So they weighed out to him thirty shekels, +026:016 and from that moment he was on the look out for an opportunity + to betray Him. +026:017 On the first day of the Unleavened Bread the disciples came + to Jesus with the question, "Where shall we make preparations + for you to eat the Passover?" +026:018 "Go into the city," He replied, "to a certain man, and tell him, + `The Teacher says, My time is close at hand. It is at your + house that I shall keep the Passover with my disciples.'" +026:019 The disciples did as Jesus directed them, and got the Passover ready. +026:020 When evening came, He was at table with the twelve disciples, +026:021 and the meal was proceeding, when Jesus said, "In solemn truth + I tell you that one of you will betray me." +026:022 Intensely grieved they began one after another to ask Him, "Can it + be I, Master?" +026:023 "The one who has dipped his fingers in the bowl with me," + He answered, "is the man who will betray me. +026:024 The Son of Man is indeed going as is written concerning Him; + but alas for that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! + It had been a happy thing for that man if he had never been born." +026:025 Then Judas, the disciple who was betraying Him, asked, "Can it + be I, Rabbi?" "It is you," He replied. +026:026 During the meal Jesus took a Passover biscuit, blessed it and + broke it. He then gave it to the disciples, saying, "Take this + and eat it: it is my body." +026:027 And He took the cup and gave thanks, and gave it to them saying, + "Drink from it, all of you; +026:028 for this is my blood which is to be poured out for many for + the remission of sins--the blood which ratifies the Covenant. +026:029 I tell you that I will never again take the produce of the vine + till that day when I shall drink the new wine with you + in my Father's Kingdom." +026:030 So they sang the hymn and went out to the Mount of Olives. +026:031 Then said Jesus, "This night all of you will stumble and fail + in your fidelity to me; for it is written, `I will strike + the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered + in all directions.' +026:032 But after I have risen to life again I will go before + you into Galilee." +026:033 "All may stumble and fail," said Peter, "but I never will." +026:034 "In solemn truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "that this very night, + before the cock crows, you will three times disown me." +026:035 "Even if I must die with you," declared Peter, "I will never + disown you." In like manner protested all the disciples. +026:036 Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane. + And He said to the disciples, "Sit down here, whilst I go + yonder and there pray." +026:037 And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zabdi. + Then He began to be full of anguish and distress, +026:038 and He said to them, "My soul is crushed with anguish to + the very point of death; wait here, and keep awake with me." +026:039 Going forward a short distance He fell on His face and prayed. + "My Father," He said, "if it is possible, let this cup pass away + from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as Thou willest." +026:040 Then He came to the disciples and found them asleep, and He + said to Peter, "Alas, none of you could keep awake with me + for even a single hour! +026:041 Keep awake, and pray that you may not enter into temptation: + the spirit is right willing, but the body is frail." +026:042 Again a second time He went away and prayed, saying, "My Father, + if it is impossible for this cup to pass without my drinking it, + Thy will be done." +026:043 He came and again found them asleep, for they were very tired. +026:044 So He left them, and went away once more and prayed a third time, + again using the same words. +026:045 Then He came to the disciples and said, "Sleep on and rest. + See, the moment is close at hand when the Son of Man is to be + betrayed into the hands of sinful men. +026:046 Rouse yourselves. Let us be going. My betrayer is close at hand." +026:047 He had scarcely finished speaking when Judas came-- + one of the Twelve--accompanied by a great crowd of men armed + with swords and bludgeons, sent by the High Priests and Elders + of the People. +026:048 Now the betrayer had agreed upon a sign with them, to direct them. + He had said, "The one whom I kiss is the man: + lay hold of him." +026:049 So he went straight to Jesus and said, "Peace to you, Rabbi!" And he + kissed Him eagerly. +026:050 "Friend," said Jesus, "carry out your intention." Then they + came and laid their hands on Jesus and seized Him firmly. +026:051 But one of those with Jesus drew his sword and struck + the High Priest's servant, cutting off his ear. +026:052 "Put back your sword again," said Jesus, "for all who draw + the sword shall perish by the sword. +026:053 Or do you suppose I cannot entreat my Father and He would + instantly send to my help more than twelve legions of angels? +026:054 In that case how are the Scriptures to be fulfilled which declare + that thus it must be?" +026:055 Then said Jesus to the crowds, "Have you come out as if to fight + with a robber, with swords and bludgeons to apprehend me? + Day after day I have been sitting teaching in the Temple, + and you did not arrest me. +026:056 But all this has taken place in order that the writings of + the Prophets may be fulfilled." At this point the disciples + all left Him and fled. +026:057 But the officers who had laid hold of Jesus led Him away + to Caiaphas the High Priest, at whose house the Scribes + and the Elders had assembled. +026:058 And Peter kept following Him at a distance, till he came even + to the court of the High Priest's palace, where he entered + and sat down among the officers to see the issue. +026:059 Meanwhile the High Priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking + false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death; +026:060 but they could find none, although many false witnesses came forward. + At length there came two +026:061 who testified, "This man said, `I am able to pull down the Sanctuary + of God and three days afterwards to build a new one.'" +026:062 Then the High Priest stood up and asked Him, "Have you + no answer to make? What is it these men are saying in + evidence against you?" +026:063 Jesus however remained silent. Again the High Priest addressed Him. + "In the name of the ever-living God," he said, "I now put + you on your oath. Tell us whether you are the Christ, + the Son of God." +026:064 "I am He," replied Jesus. "But I tell you that, later on, + you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand + of Omnipotence, and coming on the clouds of the sky." +026:065 Then the High Priest tore his robes and exclaimed, "Impious language! + What further need have we of witnesses! See, you have now + heard the impiety. +026:066 What is your verdict?" "He deserves to die," they replied. +026:067 Then they spat in His face, and struck Him--some with the fist, + some with the open hand-- +026:068 while they taunted Him, saying, "Christ, prove yourself + a Prophet by telling us who it was that struck you." +026:069 Peter meanwhile was sitting outside in the court of the palace, + when one of the maidservants came over to him and said, + "You too were with Jesus the Galilaean." +026:070 He denied it before them all, saying, "I do not know + what you mean." +026:071 Soon afterwards he went out and stood in the gateway, + when another girl saw him, and said, addressing the people there, + "This man was with Jesus the Nazarene." +026:072 Again he denied it with an oath. "I do not know the man," he said. +026:073 A short time afterwards the people standing there came + and said to Peter, "Certainly you too are one of them, + for your brogue shows it." +026:074 Then with curses and oaths he declared, "I do not know the man." + Immediately a cock crowed, +026:075 and Peter recollected the words of Jesus, how He had said, + "Before the cock crows you will three times disown me." + And he went out and wept aloud, bitterly. +027:001 When morning came all the High Priests and the Elders of the people + consulted together against Jesus to put Him to death; +027:002 and binding Him they led Him away and handed Him over to + Pilate the Governor. +027:003 Then when Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that He was condemned, + smitten with remorse he brought back the thirty shekels + to the High Priests and Elders +027:004 and said, "I have sinned, in betraying to death one who + is innocent." "What does that matter to us?" they replied; + it is your business." +027:005 Flinging the shekels into the Sanctuary he left the place, + and went and hanged himself. +027:006 When the High Priests had gathered up the money they said, + "It is illegal to put it into the Treasury, because it is + the price of blood." +027:007 So after consulting together they spent the money in the purchase + of the Potter's Field as a burial place for people not belonging + to the city; +027:008 for which reason that piece of ground received the name, + which it still bears, of `the Field of Blood.' +027:009 Then were fulfilled the words spoken by the Prophet Jeremiah, "And I + took the thirty shekels, the price of the prized one on whom + Israelites had set a price, +027:010 and gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord directed me." +027:011 Meanwhile Jesus was brought before the Governor, and the latter + put the question, "Are you the King of the Jews?" "I am + their King," He answered. +027:012 When however the High Priests and the Elders kept bringing + their charges against Him, He said not a word in reply. +027:013 "Do you not hear," asked Pilate, "what a mass of evidence they + are bringing against you?" +027:014 But He made no reply to a single accusation, so that the Governor + was greatly astonished. +027:015 "Now it was the Governor's custom at the Festival to release + some one prisoner, whomsoever the populace desired; +027:016 and at this time they had a notorious prisoner called Barabbas. +027:017 So when they were now assembled Pilate appealed to them. + "Whom shall I release to you," he said, "Barabbas, or Jesus + the so-called Christ?" +027:018 For he knew that it was from envious hatred that Jesus had been + brought before him. +027:019 While he was sitting on the tribunal a message came to him + from his wife. "Have nothing to do with that innocent man," + she said, "for during the night I have suffered terribly + in a dream through him." +027:020 The High Priests, however, and the Elders urged the crowd + to ask for Barabbas and to demand the death of Jesus. +027:021 So when the Governor a second time asked them, "Which of the two + shall I release to you?"--they cried, "Barabbas!" +027:022 "What then," said Pilate, "shall I do with Jesus, + the so-called Christ?" With one voice they shouted, + "Let him be crucified!" +027:023 "Why, what crime has he committed?" asked Pilate. + But they kept on furiously shouting, "Let him be crucified!" +027:024 So when he saw that he could gain nothing, but that on the contrary + there was a riot threatening, he called for water and washed + his hands in sight of them all, saying, "I am not responsible + for this murder: you must answer for it." +027:025 "His blood," replied all the people, "be on us and on our children!" +027:026 Then he released Barabbas to them, but Jesus he ordered + to be scourged, and gave Him up to be crucified. +027:027 Then the Governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, + and called together the whole battalion to make sport of Him. +027:028 Stripping off His garments, they put on Him a general's + short crimson cloak. +027:029 They twisted a wreath of thorny twigs and put it on His head, + and they put a sceptre of cane in His right hand, and kneeling + to Him they shouted in mockery, "Long live the King of the Jews!" +027:030 Then they spat upon Him, and taking the cane they repeatedly + struck Him on the head with it. +027:031 At last, having finished their sport, they took off the cloak, + clothed Him again in His own garments, and led Him + away for crucifixion. +027:032 Going out they met a Cyrenaean named Simon; whom they compelled + to carry His cross, +027:033 and so they came to a place called Golgotha, + which means `Skull-ground.' +027:034 Here they gave Him a mixture of wine and gall to drink, + but having tasted it He refused to drink it. +027:035 After crucifying Him, they divided His garments among them by lot, +027:036 and sat down there on guard. +027:037 Over His head they placed a written statement of the charge + against Him: THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. +027:038 At the same time two robbers were crucified with Him, + one at His right hand and the other at His left. +027:039 And the passers-by reviled Him. They shook their heads at Him +027:040 and said, "You who would pull down the Sanctuary and build a new + one within three days, save yourself. If you are God's Son, + come down from the cross." +027:041 In like manner the High Priests also, together with the Scribes + and the Elders, taunted Him. +027:042 "He saved others," they said, "himself he cannot save! + He is the King of Israel! Let him now come down from the cross, + and we will believe in him. +027:043 His trust is in God: let God deliver him now, if He will have him; + for he said, `I am God's Son.'" +027:044 Insults of the same kind were heaped on Him even by the robbers + who were being crucified with Him. +027:045 Now from noon until three o'clock in the afternoon there was + darkness over the whole land; +027:046 but about three o'clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice, + "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?" that is to say, "My God, My God, + why hast Thou forsaken me?" +027:047 "The man is calling for Elijah," said some of the bystanders. +027:048 One of them ran forthwith, and filling a sponge with sour wine + put it on the end of a cane and offered it Him to drink; +027:049 while the rest said, "Let us see whether Elijah is coming + to deliver him." +027:050 But Jesus uttered another loud cry and then yielded up His spirit. +027:051 Immediately the curtain of the Sanctuary was torn in two from + top to bottom: the earth quaked; the rocks split; +027:052 the tombs opened; and many of God's people who were asleep + in death awoke. +027:053 And coming out of their tombs after Christ's resurrection they + entered the holy city and showed themselves to many. +027:054 As for the Captain and the soldiers who were with Him keeping + guard over Jesus, when they witnessed the earthquake + and the other occurrences they were filled with terror, + and exclaimed, "Assuredly he was God's Son." +027:055 And there were a number of women there looking on from + a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee ministering + to His necessities; +027:056 among them being Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James + and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zabdi. +027:057 Towards sunset there came a wealthy inhabitant of Arimathaea, + named Joseph, who himself also had become a disciple of Jesus. +027:058 He went to Pilate and begged to have the body of Jesus, + and Pilate ordered it to be given to him. +027:059 So Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean sheet + of fine linen. +027:060 He then laid it in his own new tomb which he had hewn in the + solid rock, and after rolling a great stone against the door + of the tomb he went home. +027:061 Mary of Magdala and the other Mary were both present there, + sitting opposite to the sepulchre. +027:062 On the next day, the day after the Preparation, the High Priests + and the Pharisees came in a body to Pilate. +027:063 "Sir," they said, "we recollect that during his lifetime + that impostor pretended that after two days he was to rise + to life again. +027:064 So give orders for the sepulchre to be securely guarded till + the third day, for fear his disciples should come by night + and steal the body, and then tell the people that he has come + back to life; and so the last imposture will be more serious + than the first." +027:065 "You can have a guard," said Pilate: "go and make all safe, + as best you can." +027:066 So they went and made the sepulchre secure, sealing the stone + besides setting the guard. +028:001 After the Sabbath, in the early dawn of the first day of the week, + Mary of Magdala and the other Mary came to see the sepulchre. +028:002 But to their amazement there had been a great earthquake; + for an angel of the Lord had descended from Heaven, and had + come and rolled back the stone, and was sitting upon it. +028:003 His appearance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow. +028:004 For fear of him the guards trembled violently, and became + like dead men. +028:005 But the angel said to the women, "As for you, dismiss your fears. + I know that it is Jesus that you are looking for-- + the crucified One. +028:006 He is not here: He has come back to life, as He foretold. + Come and see the place where He lay. +028:007 And go quickly and tell His disciples that He has risen + from the dead and is going before you into Galilee: + there you shall see Him. Remember, I have told you." +028:008 They quickly left the tomb and ran, still terrified but full + of unspeakable joy, to carry the news to His disciples. +028:009 And then suddenly they saw Jesus coming to meet them. + "Peace be to you," He said. And they came and clasped His feet, + bowing to the ground before Him. +028:010 Then He said, "Dismiss all fear! Go and take word to my brethren + to go into Galilee, and there they shall see me." +028:011 While they went on this errand, some of the guards came + into the city and reported to the High Priests every detail + of what had happened. +028:012 So the latter held a conference with the Elders, and after + consultation with them they heavily bribed the soldiers, +028:013 telling them to say, "His disciples came during the night + and stole his body while we were asleep." +028:014 "And if this," they added, "is reported to the Governor, + we will satisfy him and screen you from punishment." +028:015 So they took the money and did as they were instructed; + and this story was noised about among the Jews, and is current + to this day. +028:016 As for the eleven disciples, they proceeded into Galilee, + to the hill where Jesus had arranged to meet them. +028:017 There they saw Him and prostrated themselves before Him. + Yet some doubted. +028:018 Jesus however came near and said to them, "All power in Heaven + and over the earth has been given to me. +028:019 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations; + baptize them into the name of the Father, and of the Son, + and of the Holy Spirit; +028:020 and teach them to obey every command which I have given you. + And remember, I am with you always, day by day, until the Close + of the Age." + + + +*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK, Weymouth New Testament in Modern Speech, Matthew *** + +This file should be named wnt0110.txt or wnt0110.zip +Corrected EDITIONS of our eBooks get a new NUMBER, wnt0111.txt +VERSIONS based on separate sources get new LETTER, wnt0110a.txt + +Project Gutenberg eBooks are often created from several printed +editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the US +unless a copyright notice is included. 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